Thu, Feb 3 2005 21:04
bradley
Fasten your Seatbelts, Patch Tuesday is going to be a fun one
Fasten your seat belts folks because next Tuesday is going to be a busy one.....
We just got notified that the following bulletins will be coming out next Tuesday:
• 9 Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for these security updates is Critical. Some of these updates will require a restart. [Being Windows that means Servers and Desktops]
• 1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft SharePoint Services and Office. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for this security bulletin is Moderate. These updates may or may not require a restart. [uh oh..that's our CompanyWeb aka Sharepoint]
• 1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft .NET Framework. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for this security bulletin is Important. This update will require a restart. [Remember we have ASP.NET under the hood]
• 1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Office and Visual Studio. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for this security bulletin is Critical. These updates will require a restart.
• 1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Player, and MSN Messenger. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for these security updates is Critical. These updates will require a restart. [we have that on our servers and desktops]
I do NOT enable automatic updates on our Servers and I'm a Shavlik customer that uses that to patch all my workstations and Servers. Anne Stanton points to the Patch Management e-book we are working on that Chapters 1-4 are already released. It's a free download. While it's not geared towards the SBSers, it still gives guidance on how to test patches and the next chapters will be on making the boss realize why patching is important.
I'll be doing my analysis of the patches for WindowsSecrets in the paid version of the newsletter next Tuesday after they come out. Remember between 10 and 11 Pacific ...start testing!
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