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From: Grab Raham (grabrahamhotmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2001 - 18:47:00 CST

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    If it is NEVER used then it other applications would not REQUIRE it correct?
    It may not be used be a human to retrieve files from the internet but other
    applications installed on the server may use it to retrive files from the
    internet.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Mattias Nyholm [mailto:mattias.nyholmframfab.se]
    Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:29 AM
    To: focus-mssecurityfocus.com
    Subject: MS01-058/IE patch - why is it rated critical on servers?

    Hi all,

    I just read MS01-058 which discusses the new patch for IE6
    and IE5.5SP2. It's nice to have a cumulative patch for client systems, but
    why is it rated as critical for servers as well?

    We have IE installed on servers since it is required by other applications,
    but is it really necessary to patch IE even on a server where it's never
    used?

    MS01-058 is available here:
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-058.asp

    Regards,

    Mattias

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