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Confirmed that it was a test update: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-accidentally-issued-a-test-windows-update-patch/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/micros
by eloy 11y ago
Confirmed that it was a test update: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-accidentally-issued-a-test-windows-update-patch/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-accidentally-issued-a...
- AdmiralAsshat 11y agoConsidering the panic it generated, some sort of official response, apology, etc. would be nice rather than simply giving a terse "We goofed" response to a third party.
- odonnellryan 11y agoThese things take time, at least a few hours, on the corporate level. We've seen responses from MS before about similar issues.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoI saw that, and was wondering about it. Seems like a complete failure of the testing protocol, or a complete exposure of the partnership Microsoft has with someone invested in having something installed on a Windows 7 machine :-). Normally I'm not nearly that tin-hattish but with the disclosures of what people do these days, one wonders ...
- gauravphoenix 11y agoI find it interesting that MS would use following URLs even though it was a test update https://hckSLpGtvi.PguhWDz.fuVOl.gov https://hckSLpGtvi.PguhWDz.fuVOl.gov https://jNt.JFnFA.Jigf.xnzMQAFnZ.edu https://jNt.JFnFA.Jigf.xnzMQAFnZ.edu
- alexforster 11y agoBoth are well-known TLDs that can't be acquired without verification by the US government. Presumably the assumption is that these URLs can be guaranteed to never exist.
- 1024core 11y agoYou don't need verification by the government to get a .EDU domain. You just need accredition by an agency that is recognized by the USG.
- throwaway7767 11y agoThen they should be using example.com (or .org, .net , .edu), which are actually reserved by the standard and guaranteed to never exist. EDIT: Or, perhaps even better, the .invalid TLD which is also guaranteed to never exist.
- pbhjpbhj 11y agoWow, MS didn't follow an established standard ... /s.