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Message-ID: <20040315083148.AD90.TH@zeno.com> From: th at zeno.com (Troy) Subject: Re: Microsoft Security, baby steps ? On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:13:54 -0500, "Edge, Ronald D" <edge@...iana.edu> wrote: > >although this could be amusing... > >http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp > > I particularly like the second link, which states on ordering a security > CD: > > "Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery." > > By which time of course there will be either: > a) a patch to correct the mistakes in the patch on the CD > which is in mail > or > b) a whole new round of patches > or > c) it will be too late to apply them because the users machine > is already trojaned to hell and back. Actually, that CD only includes the updates as of October 2003. It is not meant as a replacement for security updates, but just to make it easier to do a clean install of Windows. I suppose part of it is to lessen the load on Microsoft's Windows Updates servers, but it does make re-installing Windows much easier and faster for the average user who does not know how to slipstream the updates into the Windows install CD. -- Troy
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