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Microsoft explains how it missed critical IE bug

I wanted to add my thoughts to this article on our latest IE Security fix. This bug was a stinky one, and one that was hard to find. Have you ever heard of TOCTOU? Me neither until I studied for my CISSP. TOCTOU is Time of Check, Time of Use. Bugs like...
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Here's another CRITICAL out of band Security update that needs to be deployed right now.

Please look at this and please try to get this deployed before you leave for Christmas break. I hate saying this, but it is the right thing to do. Please check out: Here's the TechNet article: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08...
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I'm a PC

When I saw the first Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates commercial, It left me wondering what we were doing. The next two helped a "bit", but still I was wondering what we were doing. Now that I've seen the "I'm a PC" commercial...
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Extend your Server 2003 Active Directory Schema for Windows Vista and Server 2008

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include additional group policy settings that give the administrator more granular management of their user's workstations. To leverage these new configuration items, the schema of a Server 2003 Active Directory...
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