January 30, 2003 -
Should Microsoft pay your security patch
costs? - By Dan Farber,
ZDNet, Bill Gates must be livid.
Just after he publishes an e-mail letter
to customers outlining Microsoft's
progress on its Trustworthy Computing
initiative, the SQL Slammer worm--376
bytes of code also known as Sapphire,
w32.SQLexp.worm, and Helkern--exploits
known vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL
2000 servers. It creates a global
Internet slowdown and another
embarrassment for the chairman of the
world's most powerful software company.
And to top it off, Microsoft's own
servers were Slammed...
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