Re: Windows Is Now More Secure Than Linux

From: Alun Jones (alun@texis.com)
Date: 08/03/02 

From: alun@texis.com (Alun Jones)
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 18:53:15 GMT

In article <3D4C0AE5.8997867B@hccnet.nl.invalid>, "Thomas J. Boschloo"
<nospam@hccnet.nl.invalid> wrote:
>Read about this in theregister.co.uk. Seems Microslob doesn't want users
>to install service packs from a cd or from a central location anymore.

Obviously someone forgot to tell, erm, Microsoft.

"Order the Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 CD":
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp3/ordercd.asp>

"Download SP3 Network Installation":
<http://download.microsoft.
com/download/win2000platform/SP/SP3/NT5/EN-US/W2Ksp3.exe>

<sarcasm>Oh, yes, they're certainly making sure that users get the message
that they shouldn't install service packs from a CD or from a central
location.</sarcasm>

I think, though, that they are aware that a lot of people get upset about
having to download a 120MB+ file for 'service pack', when there's a healthy
chance that much of that isn't necessary. I know that some of my users still
bristle at a 1MB (yes, that's _one_ megabyte) download whenever I produce an
upgrade. If you've only got one computer, the "Express" installation makes a
lot of sense.

>But I thought that only applied to XP (home/pro?)? It will be fun when
>my father gets his new computer next week. It will be on dail-up so you
>can imagine how much fun he will have when downloading SP1! At the
>computershop I asked and they already told us they couldn't provide us
>with a CD with the comming update (which my father really needs since he
>would hate this computer to be hacked, to any hackers, forget it. Every
>document will be in dutch and you can't *break* that kind of encryption
>;-) [hmm, microsoft.nl says you can 'order' such a cd, that's cool]

I haven't seen any signs that Microsoft is trying to prevent system
administrators from downloading patches and service packs that can be applied
at locations remote from the Internet. It would be a foolish move to do so,
considering that Microsoft likes to make money from big corporate sites, who
would like to control locally the installation and updating of their systems,
rather than have it under someone else's control, requiring a full-time link
to the Internet.

Alun.
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