We don't need no stinking updates
Now that Microsoft is caching its Windows update service from here to kalamazoo over the Akamai network, users are at last safe from that nasty Blaster worm. According to the fine folks at the The Sydney Morning Herald , however,...
September 4, 2003
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Now that Microsoft is caching its Windows update service from here to kalamazoo over the Akamai network, users are at last safe from that nasty Blaster worm. According to the fine folks at the The Sydney Morning Herald , however, not everything that glitters is golden. One of Akamai servers, a248.3.akamai.net, just happens to be a known advertising host. The result? Users who employ ad blocking software may not get their precious Windows updates.
Evil twist of fate? Sad irony? Nah. It's nothing more than a small cup of instant karma.
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