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Microsoft Rushes Internet Explorer Patch

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the open-source-is-faster dept.

drquoz writes "Last week, it was reported that a critical security flaw was found in Internet Explorer. On Tuesday, experts were advising users not to use IE until a patch could be released. On Wednesday, Microsoft released the patch. An interesting quote from the article: 'Kandek suggests that Microsoft is at a disadvantage in updating Internet Explorer because its browser doesn't have a built-in update mechanism like other browser makers. Mozilla, for instance, just released Firefox 3.05 to Firefox users through its auto-update system.'"

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  1. Re:Doesn't have a built in update mechanism? by plague3106 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Your school district sucks. A Windows server, with WSUS and group policy, would force all those computers to be updated. Indeed, we've just forced this patch to update by 6PM tonight at my company.

  2. Re:Doesn't have a built in update mechanism? by plague3106 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ya, having more than one location stopped us deploying WSUS here. If only there was a way to define upstream servers... Oh wait, there is.

    Please, your school district is perfectly capable of deploying a solution. You choose not to, because you'd rather not have to learn something new. Much larger organizations than your district manage to do it.