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FYI: Not so funny Microsoft bug that hosed our company's product because
a "function randomly returns incorrect results".
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| This applies to Server 2008 and Vista. The bug is in any API call to compare
| unicode strings. Just so you understand an example of the hilarity that
| ensued: "because of this problem, Exchange Server 2007 may stop responding or
| may encounter index corruption." Hunting down this bug required epic QA
| analysis, since the bug only happens "When the mapped section that has the
| incorrect DACL settings is accessed by lots of threads at the same time".
| Lots of threads? Really, Microsoft? One of the work-arounds was to disable
| all but one processor. The bug caused one of our customers to get different
| business reports depending on whether anyone had started up MS Paint during
| the data analysis.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9btf7/fyi_not_so_funny_microsoft_bug_that_hosed_our/
Related:
Microsoft warns of web server flaw
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| The company has issued an advisory on the vulnerability, which affects
| Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows
| Server 2008.
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| [...]
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| "The web server is widely used on the internet, and is a top pick by
| web-hosting providers. We might see web-hosting providers targeted, and their
| clients' websites breached."
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2214722/microsoft-warns-web-server
Microsoft Investigating LocalSystem Access Bug
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| Users on a given system can elevate their access privileges to LocalSystem in
| Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008, Sisk
| explained in an e-mail. It could cause havoc by giving an authenticated user
| inappropriate write, delete, and change privileges. Â
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http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22480
Critical patches coming for Vista, Server 2008
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| This month's Patch Tuesday fixes will include critical fixes for Microsoft's
| flagship operating systems, the company has warned.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17473/1054/
The meaning of Microsoft Server 2008
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| Server 2008 looks like a bit of an odd duck - it doesnât meet the promises
| made for âLonghornâ and âBlackcombeâ, itâs probably neither more reliable nor
| more efficient than its 64 bit 2003/XP based predecessors, and unlike Vista
| (with which it shares some code) the kernel changes amount to rather more
| than just another point release in the NT schedule. Â Â
|
| [...]
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| And that, I think, reflects Microsoftâs other strategic concern: that MacOS X
| and Linux bracket Microsoftâs market and are both reaching out to the people
| in the middle - the managers and MCSE decision makers who now consider Apple
| too consumer oriented and Linux too technical. Â
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1082
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