[Tfug] Ack! I suddenly became afraid of flying.

tfug@tfug.org tfug@tfug.org
Tue Jan 28 14:07:01 2003


Im pretty sure Windows Update doesn't do anything with SQL Server.
I believe you had to install the patch manually up until the recent
release of the service pack.

Tony

> At 03:32 PM 01/28/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >The point of the matter is this was something that was a known bug. If
> >admins would keep up to date on their patches, this wouldn't have been a
> >problem. With things like Up2Date (Linux), CVSUpdate (FreeBSD), and the
> >Windows Updater (Win2k or greater), this would seem like a easy task.
> >However this only protects part of the network. With rogue servers on
> >internal production networks it's very easy for a single host to get
> >infected, and spread to other servers. Not to mention other things like
> >development servers or any other test systems can play a part in this.
> >Just remember many Jr and some Sr Admins think because their behind a
> >firewall their safe.