SQL Server gets automatic patch updates
eWeek | at | by Mike
Following the virus and worm devastation wrought by Blaster and SoBig this past week, Microsoft on Friday admitted that it has finally bitten the bullet and committed to automatic security patch updates for its SQL Server database.
Work on automatic security patching began immediately after Slammer struck in late January, bringing the Internet to its knees as it generated billions of attacks on SQL Server installations, Group Product Manager Tom Rizzo told eWEEK. Work on the automatic security patching is ongoing, with no end date yet in sight, he said.