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This 5 page paper is a longer version of PGmsscpt.rtf. The essay discusses why software developers release security patches and reports a few of the security patches released by Microsoft over the last few years and the vulnerabilities they protected the user from. This essay also includes comments about Microsoft's new Security Advisories program, the WINDOWS XP Service Pack 2 and the fake advisories users may receive. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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for their software (Microsoft, 2005). When customers receive a bulletin, they connect with the Microsoft Web site for information on the issue and to download the patch. Microsoft has an
automated security patch update service (SUS), which "provides an automated means to distribute and install critical operating system (OS) fixes and security rollups on Windows 2000 and later workstations and
servers" (Pawlak, 2002). Pawlak (2002) explains this allows information technology departments to protect their data before hackers can exploit newly discovered vulnerability points in the software application. The Code Red
Virus is a good example because it was discovered that even "combinations of firewalls and virus-scanning software" (Pawlak, 2002) were not capable of protecting an organization against specific types of
attacks (Pawlak, 2002). As a general rule, Microsoft does not advise users about security problems until the company has developed a patch that will fix the problem (Saran, 2005).
In May 2005, however, Microsoft announced it would advise users about potential security vulnerabilities and problems more quickly (Saran, 2005). The new pilot program is called "Microsoft Security Advisories" (Saran,
2005, p. 4). Announcements will be made through e-mail notices and/or Web based notices (Saran, 2005). The program is intended "to provide fast feedback, guidance and help on
overcoming security holes that have been uncovered before a Microsoft security patch has been released" (Saran, 2005, p. 4). The advisory will include information on how to reduce possible security
breaches (Saran, 2005). Users will then be advised as soon as Microsoft has developed and tested a security patch for that particular vulnerability (Saran, 2005, p. 4). Patches often correct
flawed codes (Pawlak, 2002). This was the case with the Code Red virus patch which protected against buffer-overflow vulnerabilities (Pawlak, 2002). The patches released by Microsoft corrected the code
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