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You have a choice between: The chance of someone bothering to hack you multiplied by the chance that the new patch doesn't include several new security bugs O
by nobody314159265 15y ago
You have a choice between:
The chance of someone bothering to hack you multiplied by the chance that the new patch doesn't include several new security bugs
Or the chance of a new untested patch bringing down your business.
- mkchandler 15y agoThis is why we use QA servers for most of our systems. We try our best to test all functionality on a patched QA server before deploying patches to our production servers. We have had good success doing this (with Windows at least.)
- nobody314159265 15y agoSo leaving your main system exposed to the new zero day vunerability for a whole day while you do the tests!
- briandear 15y agoThe real question is why anyone would willingly run a windows server for anything?
- DanBC 15y agoNo. You wait a few hours (maybe half a day) and see how other people get on with the patch. Then you patch. Or you leave more holes for the automated bots and worms to exploit.