[Preston] Microsoft uses Linux Servers
Stephen Mullen
preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
Sat Aug 16 07:55:07 2003
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I thought this might interest everyone. I just found out that the windows
update site is now either hosted on or behind a Linux server. Take a look
at:
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.windowsupdate.com
Because of the recent MS Blaster worm Microsoft has removed
windowsupdate.com from the internet. You can still access Windows Update
via http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
They also have a patch and info page on their site at
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
Symantec have a removal tool available at
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
Stephen
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I just
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Because of the recent MS Blaster worm =
Microsoft has
removed windowsupdate.com from the internet. You can still access =
Windows
Update via http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>They also have a patch and info page on their =
site at
<a =
href=3D"http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp">http://www.=
microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp</a></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Symantec have a removal tool available at <a
href=3D"http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html"=
>http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html</a></sp=
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