Comments on: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-001 for Windows Home Server

By: Philip Churchill

Philip Churchill — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:18:48 +0000

Hi Steve,
As long as “Install Updates Automatically” is turned on within the console software, then there is no need to install this patch as it would have been done automatically via Windows Update/Microsoft Update.

By: Philip Churchill

Philip Churchill — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:16:33 +0000

Hi Jim Hazlett,
There is no need to Remote Desktop into the Windows Home Server to install this update. Just make sure that within the Console, Settings, General tab that you have “Install Updates Automatically” turned on, if not either do so or click on “Update Now”.

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:31:23 +0000

One hand doesn’t know what the other hand is doing…

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:01:41 +0000

Is this patch to be applied manually (i.e. download from Microsoft, move to HS and then run on there) or will it come down on regular Microsoft updates?

I tried issuing the download updates from the settings on my HP 475, but it only seemed to download a .Net update and no security patch?

If it’s such a vulnerability, why don’t they do it through regular patch push?

Anybody know?

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Home Server Blog » Blog Archive » MS08-001 Sicherheitsupdate — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:40:43 +0000

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By: Jim Hazlett

Jim Hazlett — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:39:22 +0000

Should updates like this be installed by using the Remote Desktop into the Windows Home Server?

Should I also be using Windows Update when logged into the server?

Thanks!

By: Claw

Claw — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:27:22 +0000

Microsoft’s WHS is what cryptologists disparagingly call ‘Security through obscurity’ (look it up).

http://www.support.microsoft.com/kb/946676 still has no resolution regarding WHS data corruption. Is it any wonder why, everyone at Microsoft is quiting?

Open source code is far better… Because,

“With closed source code, only relatively few ‘privileged’ individuals can review the code for problems or actually work on fixing them. Being closed source has not prevented the daily exploitation of security holes that never get fixed in Microsoft products so far, while the Linux holes come a few times a year and get fixed.”

How much longer must everyone wait, hope and wish Microsoft will fix the WHS data corruption serious problem?