Re: First Email of the Day (Re: OT: The Irony in It!)

"T. Pascal" <t_pascal_at_my-deja.com> schreef in bericht news:2611b663.0301271004.3673dd19_at_posting.google.com...
> Seeing these major banks get cracked by a six-month-old bug makes you
> feel safe, yes? Of course, if you use MS SQL for mission critical
> services, you deserve to be hacked. Yes, you have to patch all OS's
> and software. But with MS, you have to reboot and that doesn't
> indicate mission critical to me.
>

Finally a smart remark. I was beginning to doubt that there were linux users with brains, seems you prove that there are.

The need to reboot is indeed a major 'mistake' of MS. And I don't understand why it's necessary to reboot. Why can't they just unload the libraries, replace them and then load them again?

> asj <kalim_at_xxxx.com> wrote in message news:<3E34B5AC.7B38_at_xxxx.com>...
> > i'm sending out one email first thing tomorrow that will sum it all up
> > to our IT head (and maybe other people can do the same):
> >
> > "THANK GOD WE DON'T RUN MICROSOFT SQL SERVER!" *
> >
> > * add links to the freaking mess SQL server created.
> >
> > oh, yeah, for those of you wintrolls complaining about lax patches, tell
> > that to all those large multinationals that STILL got hit. the point is
> > to NOT have to install f*cking MS patches every other freaking weekend!
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/26/internet.attack/index.html
> >
> > "Experts fear Monday could bring new outbreaks of the fast-moving
> > computer worm that snarled business and government computers Saturday,
> > slowing some corporate systems tothe point of inaccessibility.
> >
> > "Several companies, including Continental Airlines and Bank of America
> > Corp., reported widespread computer problems Saturday.
> >
> > "Bank of America, one of the nation's largest banks, said many customers
> > could not withdraw money from its 13,000 ATMs because of technical
> > problems caused by the attack, according to The Associated Press. A
> > spokeswoman, Lisa Gagnon, told the AP that the bank restored service to
> > nearly all ATMs by late Saturday afternoon and that customers' money and
> > personal information had not been at risk.
> >
> > "Continental said the worm attack led to scattered delays of no more
> > than 90 minutes. Spokesman Jeff Walt said Continental's hub at Newark,
> > New Jersey, was the most affected, but problems were also reported in
> > Houston, Texas, and Cleveland, Ohio.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > asj wrote:
> > >
> > > two side by side headlines in cnn.com:
> > >
> > > gates (again!) promising greater security for microsoft products, AND
a
> > > headline on the new SQL Server worm wreaking havoc on Microsoft SQL
> > > server 2000 users. no wonder we use oracle and apache instead.
> > >
> > > side by side pic:
> > > http://www.blueboard.com/temp/news_headlines.gif
> > >
> > > stories:
> > >
> > > SQL Server 2000 Devastation:
> > >

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/25/internet.attack.ap/index.html
> > >
> > > Security (or non-security) of microsoft products:
> > >

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/01/25/microsoft.security.ap/index.html Received on Mon Jan 27 2003 - 13:35:59 CST