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Post #20,938 by pwhysall 12/10/01 4:23:54 PM Reply	Re: Exchange patch breaks Exchange Doesn't affect me. I had a conversation with my colleagues that went like "Shall we patch this now, or shall we wait a wee while and let some other poor shmoe take the pain?" Guess what we chose :) Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #20,939 by drewk 12/10/01 4:31:50 PM Reply	Believe me, Peter, this is not a slam against you I don't doubt that your course of action was exactly correct. But does it ever worry you that the proper response to a patch for a security vulnerability is not "Quick, apply the patch!" but rather "Let someone else take the pain"? Gawd, what a nightmare to have to work with. We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists. -- [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/opinion/BIO-FRIEDMAN.html\|Thomas Friedman]
Post #20,944 by pwhysall 12/10/01 5:28:17 PM Reply	It's all a question of risk. We simply weighed the risk of the vulnerability (very slight) against the business risk of a broken mail server (holy shit) and made a decision accordingly. I'd do the same with any box, running any product on any operating system - applying patches the instant they appear is never wise, and is only rarely necessary. Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]

Exchange patch breaks Exchange - (Silverlock) - (4) - Dec. 10, 2001, 03:18:11 PM EST

I have no comment on this. - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 10, 2001, 03:36:36 PM EST

Re: Exchange patch breaks Exchange - (pwhysall) - (2) - Dec. 10, 2001, 04:23:54 PM EST

Believe me, Peter, this is not a slam against you - (drewk) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2001, 04:31:50 PM EST

It's all a question of risk. - (pwhysall) - Dec. 10, 2001, 05:28:17 PM EST

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