@becky.joycem
It's not just Java- I'm sick and tired of the number of patches released for Java and Adobe stuff. Our kind-of-base build software is Java, every free Adobe product under the sun and quicktime. Quicktime's not so bad because it isn't patched too often. The other 2, however, are a nightmare. People need them because bits of the web stop working if they're not up to date (fair enough), but no sooner have we downloaded the latest version than another version is released. This is at least 6 bits of software! WSUS won't patch them, so we just have to re-download them and prep for distribution on the LAN and wait 'till next week. In that intervening week, we'll spend time trying to figure out in what novel way they've got an auto-update feature switched on to annoy hundreds of people with exactly this kid of "update me know!" pop-up.
@doke... what puzzles me is the inherent trust people place in IT as if it's- as you said- magic, and completely utopian. "I've just put all my bank details into a web site I got sent via email". Would you really do this if someone just knocked on your door and asked for those details? So why do it for a random email? We've also had attachments sent outside the business that shouldn't have been- again, presumably they would (hopefully) never send this data out on a postcard so why do it in email? I suppose a lot of people don't realise that most of the internet is inherently insecure and therefore the data is freely available in "postcard" format with basic tools like WireShark (which is great for tinkering).
