MS's Response to Blaster . . . .

[kurttrail]

A day late, and $49 billion short!

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

"What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm"
"August 12, 2003"



"At 11:34 A.M. Pacific Time today, Microsoft began investigating a worm
reported by Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS)."

Doesn't anybody over at MS read their own Newsgroups?! They just
started investigating this at 11:34 am PT today!

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[Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]]

They released a patch 27-28 days ago

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[Strontium]

You can't nail down an exact timeframe?

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They released a patch 27-28 days ago

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[kurttrail]

They released a patch 27-28 days ago

What does the patch release date have to do with them just starting to
investigate the Blaster worm a day late? Hell, if you want to go tit
for tat on how long, what about the seven years & 4 OSs it took to fix
this buffer overrun? What about Windows Server 2003 being the first OS
released under the banner of "Trustworthy Computing," but still being
released with this problem?

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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Microsoft released the patch that will prevent infection almost a month ago
(July 16, 2003). It's not their fault that some users have not installed it
and protected themselves. All anyone can do at this point is address the
damages it is causing.

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[Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]]

The only reason it wasn't fixed earlier was because no one knew about it.
It was only discovered recently or it wouldn't have made it into 2000 XP and
2003

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[EGMcCann]

Careful, you'll get Mike and whatsisface in a tizzy... how dare Microsoft
not release absolutely perfect software, and expect users to put in patches
after all!

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Patch from Microsoft:
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More info from MS:
www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

(Stolen with pride from Gary Thorn... thanks!)

The only reason it wasn't fixed earlier was because no one knew about it.
It was only discovered recently or it wouldn't have made it into 2000 XP and
2003

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deleted without reading.

What does the patch release date have to do with them just starting to
investigate the Blaster worm a day late? Hell, if you want to go tit
for tat on how long, what about the seven years & 4 OSs it took to fix
this buffer overrun? What about Windows Server 2003 being the first OS
released under the banner of "Trustworthy Computing," but still being
released with this problem?

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[kurttrail]

Hi,

Microsoft released the patch that will prevent infection almost a
month ago (July 16, 2003). It's not their fault that some users have
not installed it and protected themselves. All anyone can do at this
point is address the damages it is causing.

No! It's time MS stops making patch work quilts! Most computer users
can't even organize their Start Menus, let alone manage plugging all the
holes in MS's swiss cheese software, and for what people have to pay for
MS software, MS needs to take greater responsibility for their defective
products!

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[Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]]

28 days.

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[kurttrail]

The only reason it wasn't fixed earlier was because no one knew about
it.

Yes, MS waits for others to find their holes for them! When was the
last time MS found and fix an existing security hole in a product
already unleashed on the mostly computer-illiterate public that MS
discovered on their own?

It was only discovered recently or it wouldn't have made it into
2000 XP and 2003.

And if The Last Stage of Delirium Research Group didn't find it for MS,
it would have probably been released in Longhorn too! When is
"Trustworthy Computing" gonna become proactive security initiative
instead of exclusively reactionary one?

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[Mark Tangard]

Oh-oh, that probably means we all start biting each other tomorrow.

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28 days.

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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

Can't quite nail down out how many days has passed since then, huh?

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[Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]]

They do check the software for security holes. Patches are released to "fix
this" and "fix that" without any other group finding it.

If LSD didn't find this one, you're right, it probably would make it into
Longhorn. Unless someone else found it, or Microsoft did. It's not like
Microsoft just said "well, it isn't our problem" - no, they worked with LSD
to make a patch

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[kurttrail]

A day late, and $49 billion short!

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

"What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm"
"August 12, 2003"

"At 11:34 A.M. Pacific Time today, Microsoft began investigating a
worm reported by Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS)."

Doesn't anybody over at MS read their own Newsgroups?! They just
started investigating this at 11:34 am PT today!

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

"What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm"
"Updated August 12, 2003, 6:30 P.M. Pacific Time"

"At 11:34 A.M. Pacific Time on August 11, Microsoft began investigating
a worm reported by Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS)."

I guess that someone at MS does at least read my posts! My OP starting
this thread was sent at 6:24 pm PT! PMSL!

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[Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]]

Huh? :-/

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Oh-oh, that probably means we all start biting each other tomorrow.

--
Mark Tangard <[email protected]>, Microsoft Word MVP
Note well: MVPs do not work for Microsoft.
"Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." --John Waters

28 days.

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Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP] wrote:

Sure can:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

"Originally posted: July 16, 2003 "


Can't quite nail down out how many days has passed since then, huh?

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[EGMcCann]

Well, apparently my Kurt filter works.

Go do some research on what "trustworthy computing" really means. (Kurt, not
Jonathan.) Lots of info out on the 'net.

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Getting Messenger popups? Turn on your firewall!
Patch from Microsoft:
http://tinyurl.com/h84v
More info from MS:
www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

(Stolen with pride from Gary Thorn... thanks!)

They do check the software for security holes. Patches are released to "fix
this" and "fix that" without any other group finding it.

If LSD didn't find this one, you're right, it probably would make it into
Longhorn. Unless someone else found it, or Microsoft did. It's not like
Microsoft just said "well, it isn't our problem" - no, they worked with LSD
to make a patch

--
--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site
Only reply by newsgroup. If I see an email I didn't ask for, it will be
deleted without reading.

Yes, MS waits for others to find their holes for them! When was the
last time MS found and fix an existing security hole in a product
already unleashed on the mostly computer-illiterate public that MS
discovered on their own?


And if The Last Stage of Delirium Research Group didn't find it for MS,
it would have probably been released in Longhorn too! When is
"Trustworthy Computing" gonna become proactive security initiative
instead of exclusively reactionary one?

--
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[Mark Tangard]

New movie reference. "28 Days Later" q.v.

MT

Huh? :-/

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deleted without reading.

Oh-oh, that probably means we all start biting each other tomorrow.

--
Mark Tangard <[email protected]>, Microsoft Word MVP
Note well: MVPs do not work for Microsoft.
"Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." --John Waters

28 days.

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Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP] wrote:

Sure can:


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp
"Originally posted: July 16, 2003 "


Can't quite nail down out how many days has passed since then, huh?

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[Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]]

Uh oh...

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He's hungry, I think. <g>

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Getting Messenger popups? Turn on your firewall!
Patch from Microsoft:
http://tinyurl.com/h84v
More info from MS:
www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

(Stolen with pride from Gary Thorn... thanks!)

Huh? :-/

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--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site
Only reply by newsgroup. If I see an email I didn't ask for, it will be
deleted without reading.

Oh-oh, that probably means we all start biting each other tomorrow.

--
Mark Tangard <[email protected]>, Microsoft Word MVP
Note well: MVPs do not work for Microsoft.
"Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." --John Waters



:

28 days.

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will

be

deleted without reading.

Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP] wrote:

Sure can:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

 

[Don Burnette]

No! It's time MS stops making patch work quilts! Most computer users
can't even organize their Start Menus, let alone manage plugging all
the holes in MS's swiss cheese software, and for what people have to
pay for MS software, MS needs to take greater responsibility for
their defective products!

LOL, so what are they supposed to do, come out to the users house and train
them on how to use a computer?
ROTFLMAO.

Why, oh why, do you even bother with these newsgroups? You are a perfect
definition of a troll. Man, you sure crave attention.

 

[kurttrail]

Huh? :-/

Full moon . . . . Werewolves . . . . At least that's my best guess
without descending into menstruation humor!

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[Strontium]

Then, I'm confused as to your use of '27-28 days, ago' versus '27'. Or,
have you completely left behind the grasping of calender days? Doesn't take
a mathmetician or a rocket scientist, ya know. Simple addition, and
subtraction.

-
Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP] stood up at show-n-tell, in
(e-mail address removed), and said:

Sure can:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/
bulletin/MS03-026.asp
"Originally posted: July 16, 2003 "

You can't nail down an exact timeframe?

-
Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP] stood up at show-n-tell, in
[email protected], and said:

They released a patch 27-28 days ago


message A day late, and $49 billion short!

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

"What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm"
"August 12, 2003"



"At 11:34 A.M. Pacific Time today, Microsoft began investigating a
worm reported by Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS)."

Doesn't anybody over at MS read their own Newsgroups?! They just
started investigating this at 11:34 am PT today!

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Strontium

"You may be right! It's all a waste of time! I guess
that's just a chance I'm prepared to take....A danger
I'm prepared to face.....Cut to the chase." - RUSH

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Strontium

"You may be right! It's all a waste of time! I guess
that's just a chance I'm prepared to take....A danger
I'm prepared to face.....Cut to the chase." - RUSH