"Microsoft is considering an external testing programme to improve the quality of its security patches.
Difficulty in applying patches and instances where fixes fail to work properly - or cause unfortunate side effects - have long been an issue in Microsoft shops."
Having been on the front line trenches with NT/WinOS admins during a number a alarming security patch installs, this comes as welcome news. Seeing a line of product servers go paws up after applying a patch, even though it was tested on staging servers, is an awful sight to behold. (Especially the look on the admin's face.) Here's hoping Mike Nash sees this through and produces more stable patches in the future.
Posted by Diana at May 2, 2003 12:26 PM