Search: Home Bugtraq Vulnerabilities Mailing Lists Jobs Tools Beta Programs
One Patch to Rule Them All
Tim Mullen, 2002-09-30

A recent XP security hole begs the question, do we really want Microsoft to release individual fixes for every bug?

Submit Comment Mode:
Name:
Subject:
Message:
 
  Enter the characters that appear above
 
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-01
Todd Knarr
Yes, we want a la carte fixes for security holes. The problem with a mega-patch like XP SP1 is that it changes so much. It may introduce new bugs and security holes, or may just change things so that other software suddenly doesn't work or requires updates. To an admin responsible for systems that _...

[ more ]  




 

Privacy Statement
Copyright 2009, SecurityFocus