Mike Reavey
Mike Reavey
additional aid area assess behavioral change changes customers defense depth detail document existence impact internal normal occurred practice product providing security serve
As is our normal practice for security bulletins, we document the existence of any additional defense in depth product behavioral changes, as well as the area of functionality where the change occurred so that customers can assess the impact to their environments. However, providing more detail on internal product changes could serve to aid attackers.
course customers impact party risk third unclear weigh
Customers of course can weigh the risk of deploying a third party 'patch' but it's unclear what impact this will have on the system.
aware changes code customers exploit eye fairly guidance keeping limited number people public reported seen situation sure update watching
This situation is fairly limited in the number of customers who have reported it, but we wanted to make sure people were aware we had guidance on it. We're still keeping an eye out for public exploit code for MS05-051 and have not seen any as yet. We'll be watching through the weekend, so if anything changes that you need to know about we'll update you.
aware floating information problems update windows yes
Yes we are aware of some of the information floating around about problems after installing the MS05-051 update on Windows 2000 systems.
best customers felt further interest release until update
We felt it was in the best interest of our customers to not release this update until it undergoes further testing.