IT bugs out over IIS security

Post #2,668 by bluke 7/24/01 7:40:07 AM Reply	IT bugs out over IIS security [link\|http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2792859,00.html\|http://www.zdnet.co...2859,00.html] "Microsoft's platform flaws have users mulling switch to rival Web servers. For Brooks Martin, patching and maintaining his Microsoft Corp. IIS Web servers is almost a full-time job. With so many vulnerabilities\ufffdand with a new patch appearing seemingly every week\ufffdMartin said it's a struggle keeping his head above water. "We stay on top of what we do, but you never know," said Martin, CEO of isObject Inc., an independent software developer in Brentwood, Tenn. "Maintaining IIS servers is a cumbersome, tedious process. Any time you bring a new server online, you have to apply 40 or 50 patches."
Post #2,750 by Ashton 7/24/01 2:49:13 PM Reply	What would it cost to hire a skywriter To reproduce his quote over ~ 10 major cities, for a week? Who'll chip in? I'll send a few.. Ashton Fighting Evil before breakfast
Post #2,832 by tablizer 7/25/01 9:50:53 PM Reply	consolidation? >> Any time you bring a new server online, you have to apply 40 or 50 patches. << I am surprised MS does not offer a subscription service to periodically consolidate patches into a single load. People have been complaining about patches since the Novell glory days (pre-web). Nothing new. ________________ oop.ismad.com
Post #2,948 by addison 7/27/01 12:03:32 PM Reply	Re: consolidation? I am surprised MS does not offer a subscription service to periodically consolidate patches into a single load. That's called a "service pack". Its released perodically - unless, in this case - they want you to buy the latest and greatest, so they won't MAKE any more service packs for NT 4 (or even ship the last one they did create). Addison

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