Comments on: Microsoft preps 133 patches for Windows DNS hole

Fix should be available on Microsoft's next Patch Tuesday, May 8, or possibly sooner.

[alundil]

"133" Patches!!!!

I find it amusing that the author of this blog decided to headline the blog as if there were truly 133 individual and distinct patches being release by Microsoft to address this one vulnerability. I wouldn't count localized version of the patch as different patches. By the same logic, the author must believe that Microsoft sells at least 133 versions of Windows (etc.) and not just localized versions of the same.

[Sparky672]

Yes, according to M$

C/Net's headline only reflects the comments of a M$ employee.
Reading the quotes within the article...

Quoting: "...Christopher Budd, a Microsoft Security Response
Center staffer wrote on a corporate blog Tuesday.

Microsoft is working on 133 separate updates for the problem,
Budd wrote.

'One in every language for every currently supported version of
Windows servers,' he wrote. 'Each of these has to be tested to
ensure they effectively protect against the vulnerability.'"


I find it interesting if true. Why would one have to fix and test
for each localized version? They should all be the same within
each version except for the language components.

[kieranmullen]

Windows 2000 = Sevice Pack 5

Getting up there in numbers eh Microsoft?

KieranMullen