Ask Slashdot: Should Hosting Companies Have Change Freezes? 138
AngryDad writes "Today I received a baffling email from my hosting provider that said, 'We have a company-wide patching freeze and we will not be releasing patches to our customers who utilize the patching portal for the months of November and December.' This means that myself and all other customers of theirs who run Windows servers will have to live with several critical holes for at least two months. Is this common practice with mid-tier hosting providers? If so, may I ask Eastern-EU folks to please refrain from hacking my servers during the holiday season?"
Green light (Score:5, Funny)
If so, may I ask Eastern-EU folks to please refrain from hacking my servers during the holiday season?
At least 10 countries [answers.com] have just been given the green light for hacking.
Sure (Score:5, Funny)
Just reply to this message with the IP addresses of any servers you want to make sure will not be hacked and I will make sure the list gets to the right people.
Happy to help.
It's not that bad (Score:5, Funny)
The server will be spending 50% of its life rebooting to apply minor updates and install software, reducing the risk of a security breach.
What Ever You Have to Say About Hostess Company (Score:2, Funny)
It's just too late. No more Twinkies.
And if you are concerned about freezing them, as the article seems to state? Don't bother. The shelf-life is astronomical!
Re:POS (Score:5, Funny)
Re:windows? what were you thinking? (Score:3, Funny)
Exchange
Re:POS (Score:5, Funny)
In my experience, they are one and the same.
216.34.181.45 (Score:5, Funny)
Customer satisfaction is important to us. (Score:4, Funny)
may I ask Eastern-EU folks to please refrain from hacking my servers during the holiday season?
Sure, just provide me with your domain name, provider and root password and I'll add you to my do-not-hack list.
Re:windows? what were you thinking? (Score:4, Funny)
What would you suggest if someone wants to run ASP.NET code on their website?
Therapy.