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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput
Posted by: Chris Bell
Date/Time: 10/06/09 21:52:00

The 2001 report you mention says that there have been viruses created in laboratories, but none has produced any chain reaction. There are regular conferences between security researchers where there are demonstrations of attacks against usually obscure vulnerabilities, and various organizations including the US government are actively searching for vulnerabilities using various methods including automated testing. Patches are normally created and distributed within a day or two, often within an hour or two, and a complete replacement package is usually distributed ready for installation. My own domestic system repeatedly searches for updates, and even a replacement kernel can be installed without a reboot or even interfering with other users of the same box (it is assumed that there will be multiple users), with the occasional restart of an individual software package that would be almost without being noticed. Microsoft is improving with security patch installation when they get round to it, although known security problems are not always patched in good time, often waiting up to a month until "Patch Tuesday" or something similar.


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Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput18/05/09 08:24:00 Eric Alan Leach
   Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput18/05/09 15:44:00 Libby Kemp
      Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 08:29:00 Andy Jones
         Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 10:32:00 Libby Kemp
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 11:01:00 Diane Gill
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 11:14:00 Eric Alan Leach
                  Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 14:18:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 16:07:00 George Knox
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 16:14:00 Sara Nathan
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 17:27:00 George Knox
                           Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 19:17:00 Philippa Bond
                              Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 21:38:00 Richard Jennings
                                 Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput20/05/09 10:27:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput20/05/09 12:24:00 Arthur Breens
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput23/05/09 09:23:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput27/05/09 13:10:00 Chris Bell
   Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput27/05/09 12:06:00 Chris Bell
      Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput29/05/09 06:22:00 Eric Alan Leach
         Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput29/05/09 09:53:00 Chris Bell
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput30/05/09 13:11:00 Philippa Bond
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput30/05/09 13:15:00 Eric Alan Leach
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput30/05/09 19:07:00 Chris Bell
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput01/06/09 18:33:00 Andy Jones
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput02/06/09 07:08:00 Eric Alan Leach
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput02/06/09 07:46:00 Chris Bell
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput03/06/09 17:39:00 Eric Alan Leach
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput07/06/09 08:40:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput07/06/09 08:57:00 Chris Bell
                                    Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput07/06/09 15:37:00 Philippa Bond
                                       Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput07/06/09 21:52:00 Chris Bell
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput09/06/09 16:58:00 Penny Crocker
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput09/06/09 17:41:00 Dawn Ryder
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput09/06/09 23:26:00 Chris Bell
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 09:53:00 Niall Connolly
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 10:51:00 Chris Bell
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 12:02:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 12:46:00 Niall Connolly
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 13:34:00 Chris Bell
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 14:27:00 Dawn Ryder
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 14:50:00 Niall Connolly
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput11/06/09 07:16:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 15:22:00 Chris Bell
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 16:18:00 Niall Connolly
                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 21:52:00 Chris Bell
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 14:37:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 15:59:00 Niall Connolly
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 12:41:00 Chris Bell
   Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/06/09 14:02:00 Libby Kemp
      Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/06/09 14:15:00 Niall Connolly
         Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/06/09 16:48:00 Eric Alan Leach
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput28/06/09 11:27:00 Eric Alan Leach
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput28/06/09 17:14:00 Eric Alan Leach
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput29/06/09 00:42:00 Eric Alan Leach
   Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 13:58:00 Niall Connolly
      Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 16:05:00 Eric Alan Leach
         Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 16:24:00 Niall Connolly
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 17:01:00 Chris Bell
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 17:29:00 Peter Chadburn
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 17:35:00 Niall Connolly
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 22:44:00 Chris Bell
         Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 16:33:00 Peter Chadburn
      Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 16:41:00 Chris Bell

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