Stephen Toulouse
Stephen Toulouse
Stephen Toulouse, also known as Stepto, former Director of Xbox LIVE Policy and Enforcement at Microsoft. He frequently represented Microsoft and Xbox Live in various media, including on Larry Hryb's "Major Nelson Radio" Xbox-related podcast, to discuss security and policy issues...
ensure happen hard help lessons situation taken work
We've taken a look at this situation and incorporated some lessons learned. We will work very hard to help ensure something like this doesn't happen in the future,
automatic enable flaws key people risk understand
The key thing is really that we want to make people understand the risk with these flaws and that they enable automatic updates.
accelerate cause fast problems takes testing trigger
This is why it takes so long, but that's not to say that if there's an exploit, we won't accelerate testing and get it out there as fast as we can. But if we find problems in the testing phase, it could trigger a restart and cause even more delays.
available coming maximum month please possible rating severity soon systems total update
The maximum total severity rating for this month is Critical, so please update systems as soon as possible when the bulletin is available this coming Tuesday.
among critical customers older operating prioritize run system versions windows
Among the critical updates, customers who run older versions of the operating system such as Windows 2000 should prioritize MS05-051 for deployment on those systems.
began plan ready test track update weeks
Our test and engineering plan for that update that we began two weeks ago is on track to have that update ready for Tuesday.
benefit huge
It had a huge benefit to our developers.
although bad customers infection information mean providing rates sure
Although infection rates are low, it doesn't mean it's not a bad situation, ... We want to make sure, not only are we providing information to make sure customers aren't impacted, but to make sure they know how to get back to an operational state.
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affected far impact limited remain seeing shown widespread windows
It only affected Windows 2000. So far it has shown a very limited impact -- we're not seeing any widespread impact to the Internet, but we remain vigilant.
currently early phase released testing update
Currently that update is in the testing phase and could be released as early as April. But of course, that isn't final.
somehow trigger
There's been some speculation that ... this trigger was somehow intentional. That speculation is wrong.
address against brought complete issue protect underlying update vulnerable
Should MS05-018 have been a more complete update to address the underlying vulnerable function? Yes, Cesar is right. But I want to reiterate that MS05-018 did protect against the issue that was brought to us,
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We can't leave anybody behind. And unfortunately you might be introducing new problems. So whenever we look at even a quick hack ... it's got to be of quality. That's what customers have told us time and again.