Oct 02
Last night I spent what seemed like almost the whole night dreaming about sea otters. Swimming with them, feeding them, petting them, helping them clamber onto the dock, examining their paws, talking to them…
Oct 02
Microsoft
Internet Explorer, Microsoft, security, Terminal Server, Visual Studio Comments Off
Since I’ve just spent a while updating three Windows machines with this week’s half a dozen security and antivirus updates, here are some statistics I found interesting.
| Product | Critical security holes to date |
|---|---|
| Internet Explorer | 68 |
| IIS | 56 |
| Windows NT 4 WS | 48 |
| Windows NT 4 Server | 41 |
| Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition | 40 |
| Windows NT 4 Server Enterprise Edition | 36 |
| Windows 2000 Professional | 34 |
| Windows 2000 Server | 31 |
| Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 31 |
| SQL Server | 28 |
| Windows 98 | 26 |
| Exchange Server | 25 |
| Windows 95 | 16 |
| Windows 98SE | 15 |
| Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 11 |
| Windows ME | 10 |
| Windows 2000 | 9 |
| MSDE | 8 |
| Windows Media Player | 8 |
| Windows XP Professional | 7 |
| Site Server | 7 |
| Commerce Server | 6 |
| Windows XP Home | 6 |
| Site Server Commerce | 6 |
| Visual Studio | 3 |
| Systems Management Server | 3 |
| Index Server | 3 |
| Visual Basic | 2 |
| ISA Server | 1 |
| Content Server | 1 |
Another interesting statistic: Microsoft is trying to reduce the number of security bulletins it has to issue by bundling multiple products’ vulnerabilities into a single bulletin. Each security bulletin now covers an average of 2.5 products.
Number of Outlook-specific viruses and worms: 274.