In defense of Microsoft…kinda
A Korean civic rights group may soon file a class-action suit against Microsoft because they feel Redmond did not go far enough in it’s efforts to patch the hole
in its SQL Server that was exploited by the Sapphire worm recently. In defense of the beast, the hole was
discovered and a patch made available over a year ago. It is up to sysadmins to ensure that they keep there servers patched and secured. (I’ll not mention the
fact that if you’re using MS products in the first place you’re already asking for security problems.) Now, if they want to go after Bill & Co. over Microsoft’s
failure to secure their own servers, well, then, be my guest.