[olug] Fwd: faulty Microsoft patch affects Exchange and DC

[Andrew Embury]

Well, we tested this patch in-house for a week, with no issues.  It's
difficult to simulate the exact load and circumstances in a lab you get in
the field.  My issue isn't so much that there was a problem, it was
Microsoft's response.  None of the techs, even the "senior" techs I spoke
to had any kind of information about this.  This article was the first
time I saw it in print...I thought I was the only one who had this until
today...



On Wed, 18 May 2005, Sean Kelly wrote:

> On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 10:31:21AM -0500, Rod Hurley wrote:
> > Just another predictable Micro$oft snowjob.
>
> That article is overhyped. We have many HP-UX systems and HP does this sort
> of thing all the time. A patch may come out that is critical, and later
> there will be a critical patch to replace said critical patch due to
> unforseen problems with the first one. This is normal. I would only have a
> problem if Microsoft didn't address the problem at all. This is not the
> case. They're providing hotfixes, and they're redeploying a fixed patch.
> What more do you want? Do you want 100% functionality all the time? This is
> not possible.
>
> The article makes one good point:
>
>    "When we are dealing with Microsoft updates, one thing we always
>    reiterate, then reiterate some more, is to test before deploying. The
>    guidance is always to download, test, then deploy the patches.  With
>    Microsoft, the test section of our guidance has gotten larger and
>    larger."
>
> We test all patchsets before applying them. We pick the least important
> machine (or a test environment one) and apply the set. We do this for every
> general configuration we have, be it HP-UX 11i, HP-UX 11, or Linux. This is
> just good practice. And guess what? Our testing doesn't always find
> problems with patches that we're later snagged by when we deploy it to all
> systems. Just like Microsoft can't guarentee perfection, neither can our
> testing procedures.
>
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