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Ask Slashdot: Should Hosting Companies Have Change Freezes?

Posted by Soulskill on from the what-about-change-burns dept.

AngryDad writes "Today I received a baffling email from my hosting provider that said, 'We have a company-wide patching freeze and we will not be releasing patches to our customers who utilize the patching portal for the months of November and December.' This means that myself and all other customers of theirs who run Windows servers will have to live with several critical holes for at least two months. Is this common practice with mid-tier hosting providers? If so, may I ask Eastern-EU folks to please refrain from hacking my servers during the holiday season?"

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  1. Green light by michaelmalak · · Score: 4, Funny

    If so, may I ask Eastern-EU folks to please refrain from hacking my servers during the holiday season?

    At least 10 countries have just been given the green light for hacking.

  2. Sure by Capt.DrumkenBum · · Score: 4, Funny

    may I ask Eastern-EU folks to please refrain from hacking my servers during the holiday season?

    Just reply to this message with the IP addresses of any servers you want to make sure will not be hacked and I will make sure the list gets to the right people.

    Happy to help.

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    If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
  3. It's not that bad by bigtrike · · Score: 5, Funny

    The server will be spending 50% of its life rebooting to apply minor updates and install software, reducing the risk of a security breach.

  4. What Ever You Have to Say About Hostess Company by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's just too late. No more Twinkies.

    And if you are concerned about freezing them, as the article seems to state? Don't bother. The shelf-life is astronomical!

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    Never been known to fail..."
  5. Re:POS by viperidaenz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you referring to Point of Sale business or Piece of Shit business?

  6. Re:windows? what were you thinking? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Exchange

  7. Re:POS by Dewin · · Score: 4, Funny

    In my experience, they are one and the same.

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    Of course nobody reads the FAQ! If people read the FAQ, the Questions wouldn't be so Frequently Asked.
  8. 216.34.181.45 by kf6auf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whatever you do, don't take down 216.34.181.45.

  9. Customer satisfaction is important to us. by Mr2cents · · Score: 3, Funny

    may I ask Eastern-EU folks to please refrain from hacking my servers during the holiday season?

    Sure, just provide me with your domain name, provider and root password and I'll add you to my do-not-hack list.

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    "It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
  10. Re:windows? what were you thinking? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 3, Funny

    What would you suggest if someone wants to run ASP.NET code on their website?

    Therapy.

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