Windows 2000 security fixes released

[Huge]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/critical/q311401/default.asp

Microsoft on Wednesday issued an important collection of security fixes for Windows 2000.

The release of the 17MB downloadable Windows 2000 Security Rollup Package (SRP1) comes as Microsoft steps up its emphasis on security. In an e-mail to Microsoft's 47,000 employees earlier this month, Chairman Bill Gates called for putting security ahead of adding new features to products.

Among the fixes: several denial-of-service and buffer-overflow patches, telnet and file-transfer protocol tweaks and authentication-error repairs, among others.

SRP1 is a cumulative collection of security fixes released since Microsoft issued Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 in May. Service packs are collections of fixes and enhancements periodically released for Windows. Service Pack 3 for Windows 2000 is currently in beta testing.

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[Gonzo]

Windows 2000 security fixes released

Again? or still?

 

[HomeLAN]

17 Meg, huh? Real friendly to dial-up users, aren't they?

 

[fury]

At least this time they're focusing on fixing what they have now instead of adding new stuff to be broken into every time they turn around.

 

[PostCode]

Ummm. I thought that was the whole idea od service packs to begin with.

 

[fury]

You thought wrong

Service packs are just a scheme developed by Microsoft to get people to download from their web site.

 

[fury]

When the window displays "This is done without sending any information to Microsoft", does it really mean "This is done without sending any information we already have to Microsoft"?

Cause, it always seems to upload a lot of data when downloading the list of updates.