| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| dougal |
New fixes for Windows "critical" vulnerabilitiesStory herehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4138674.stm and then http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-aug.mspx |
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| dougal |
I really do hope that people (especially those running Windows2000) took heed!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4162124.stm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/18/pnp_worm_wars/  
Added: From The Register: "Although vendors differ over the scope of the attack there's general agreement over remedial actions: block traffic on port 445 at least at the internet perimeter, patch systems quickly, apply anti-virus signature updates. Tin-foil hats may not go amiss either." |
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| tahir |
I've applied my fixes this morning | ||
| sean |
There's a good boy.
I'm so glad I don't have to do this stuff any more. |
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| dougal |
Well, you should still do it, but perhaps not with quite the same urgency, (even that Tahir, erm, displayed!) Apple very recently released their Security Update 2005-007 with fixes for some very common Unix/Linux stuff including # Apache 2 # AppKit # CUPS # Kerberos # MySQL # OpenSSL # ping # SquirrelMail # traceroute # WebKit # Weblog Server # X11 which is incorporated in OS X. As well as security fixes for their own Mail and Safari... BUT - there do seem to be "issues" with this update, and I'd advise holding off installing it for the moment... |
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| sean |
I do still do it, what I'm grateful for is not having to do it every time I switch the computer on. An exaggeration, but it felt like that sometimes. |