Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078 – Critical is now avaiable, patches are there and ready for download:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-078.mspx.
Please install, update as soon as possible!
Urs
As a couple of people are looking at their IE currently, I found some interesting information on Steve Riley’s Technet blog:
"A pretty good question came across the newsgroups the other day. Someone was asking what are the differences between IE's "medium" and "medium-high" security settings. I did some digging, and found only this on MSDN: About URL security zone templates. No wonder it's difficult to find -- the terminology is different, and the table is organized by URL actions, not by the text in the dialog."
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley/archive/2008/09/16/internet-explorer-security-levels-compared.aspx
About URL Security Zone Templates
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537186(VS.85).aspx
Urs
Microsoft revised the Workarounds section of Security Advisory 961051. The Security Vulnerability Research & Defense team wanted to share more detail about the vulnerability and explains the additional workarounds here to help you protect your computers:
http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/12/12/Clarification-on-the-various-workarounds-from-the-recent-IE-advisory.aspx
Microsoft Security Advisory (961051)
Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961051.mspx
Urs
Perhaps a good idea to do some end-of-year cleanup! You can find what product services packs are supported here:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps
Urs
Chinese officials are calling for a mass migration to IPv6 after disclosing that they have only 830 days' worth of IPv4 resources left. Around 80 per cent of China's IPv4 resources have now been taken up. The country's IP allocation recently exceeded Japan's, making it the second largest in the world behind the US.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2226849/china-running-ip-addresses
Urs