Re: Dear Microsoft... Rebooting servers id NOT security..

From: Duse (dude_at_soft.com)
Date: 05/25/05 

Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 17:58:00 +1000

"Star Fleet Admiral Q" <Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NO-SPAM)@(SPAM-NOT)hotmail.com>
wrote in message news:OyKnzNaXFHA.2540@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Duh - that's why you install patches during your companies scheduled
> down/maintenance time. Our company down/maintenance time is Sunday at
> 00:00am through 05:00am, where it makes the least impact on our business.
> Now this philosophy may make the most impact on your weekend, but hey, you
> choose the profession, and that's why you get paid the "big bucks".

<< Thats fine for non-critical updates, and how we do it..
The problem is with critical security patches..

But in any case, the concept of rebooting is simply wrong for a server.

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> "Duse" <dude@soft.com> wrote in message
> news:Oyxg33XXFHA.2684@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> The recent rend for critical patches for win 2003 to require rebooting
>> the server is USELESS!!!
>>
>> Win 2003 is a SEVER, it cannot be continually rebooted and offer any
>> Server level to its users.
>>
>> Additionally the fact that only a partial installation occures ( which
>> leaves the server in a unstable state) is also USELESS...
>>
>> FYI: server are NOT workstations and do not have people sitting at them
>> to monitor and react to your auto updates and installs..
>>
>> Is this truely what you think improving security is....
>>
>> Unhappy..
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