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MS Critical Patch Fixes 8 Vulnerabilities
nandemoari writes "A hole allowing hackers to take control of Microsoft Exchange was just one 'critical' issue the Redmond-based company promises it has fixed with a patch correcting a total of eight vulnerabilities in its programs, including the Internet Explorer browser, Office, and its SQL Server.
Three of the eight vulnerabilities patched yesterday were marked 'critical.' The most concerning is an issue with Exchange that would allow attackers to take over an Exchange server by simply forwarding a carefully crafted message to a corporate mail server. Microsoft has admitted that the vulnerability can be exploited when a user opens or previews an email in the Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF)."
With Ninnle Linux, patching is never needed, thanks to the 1024 bit encryption available throughout. So why use Windoze at all?
I'd like a free message to Think about your breathing
To all you Windows users, we feel your pain. Seriously, you don't even know how bad you have it. What's worse, you have been sucked into a mind set that, on one hand, you hate your computer because of all the problems you have with it, but think you *need* windows because of all the programs you feel you can't live without.
You don't need Microsoft Office, you can go to http://www.openoffice.org/ and download a fully functional office suite that, in many ways, is better than Microsoft Office. What's even better, is that it runs on system other than Windows!
Linux is a system, more similar to the macintosh than it is to Windows, and it will run on your PC. It replaces Windows completely. Not only that, out of the box, it is slick, beautiful, and easy to use, and if you like to tinker, there is absolutely no limit to what you can change.
Best of all its free! That's right, free!
Go to http://www.ubuntu.com/ and look around. (There are other vendors for Linux too, so you are not stuck with only one.)
I know, you ask "How can it be free?" Well, you know how your friends who know about cars will sometimes fix your car as a favor? That's because they enjoy working on cars. Well, with the internet, millions of guys who know about computers started working on a system in the '80s that was eventually called Linux. The software comes from places like IBM, Sun, U.C. Berkeley, MIT, HP, and a whole list of other companies and organizations. It is a collaborative system that is put together, not to make money for Microsoft, but to make computers more usable for everyone. In fact, a lot of the web sites you visit every day run Linux.
So, if you are fed up with your computer and Windows, now is a great time to start a new adventure. Try something new, learn something new! It won't be hard, but not too easy either, as a lot of things are different than what you are used to, but once you get the hang of it, you'll realize that sometimes "different" is the only to get "better."
You're wrong about WMI - no longer supported in Exchange - EWS used instead. While it still exists, it is continuing to be replaced by other Microsoft protocols for Microsoft Server products, like Exchange and MS SQL Direct X - requires more hardware than OpenGL to run and many third-party developers will report problems programming under this API - XBOX issues have occurred as a result of Direct X instablities Also, you clearly know little about OpenGL if you think it is less stable and performs poorer than Direct X. UAC - seriously, what use is this - can I really be more secureusing an annoying pop-up notifier? I think not. Automatic Updates - seriously, show me another update manager that is worse. Examples that are much better: linux yum and OS X Software Updates. Furthermore, what is the point of an OS that isn't compatible with anyone else???? Windows is rarely compatible with their own legacy software, let alone others...