Probably a stupid question but, how can the Windows kernel recover so well after a graphics driver crash and at the same time being unable to do the same for other kind of drivers.
CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
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Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
#492So CrowdStrike is deployed as third party software into the critical path of mission critical systems and then left to update itself. It's easy to blame CrowdStrike but that seems too easy on both the orgs that do this but also the upstream forces that compel them to do it. My org which does mission critical healthcare just deployed ZScaler on every computer which is now in the critical path of every computer startin…
Most enterprises will have teams of risk and security people. They will be asking who authorized deployment of an untested update into production. If CrowdStrike deployments cannot be managed, then they will switch to a product which can be managed.
Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
#493Naive question, if it’s a blue screen of death with a boot loop, how are they going to restore things? Don’t tell me the answer is going to every system manually.
Remote access control (e.g. iDRAC) or physical access.
Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
#494From reddit:
> I'm in Australia. All our banks are down and all supermarkets as well so even if you have cash you can't buy anything.
I hope the national security/defense people are looking at this closely. Because you can bet the bad guys are. What's the saying, civilisation is only ever three days away from collapse or something?
I am pretty convinced this is a fuckup not an attack, but if Iran or someone managed something like this, there would be hell to pay.
Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
#495When you see the size if the impact across the world, the number of people who will die because hospital, emergency and logistics systems are down… You don’t need conventional war any more. State actors can just focus on targeting widely deployed “security systems” that will bring down whole economies and bring as much death and financial damage as a missile, while denying any involvement…
Seeing all the cancelled and delayed flights, it makes me think a hacking kind of climate activism/radicalism would be more useful than gluing hands to roads, or throwing paint on art.
Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
#496For $150/hour, I will spend today consulting for businesses who need someone in the St Louis area to go reboot a remote workers’ machine.
Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
#497Lots of issues in Spain and Germany.
Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
#498The Windows ecosystem typically deployed in corporate PCs or workstations is often insecure, slow, and poorly implemented, resulting in ongoing issues visible to everyone. Examples include problems with malware, ransomware, and Windows botnets. In corporate environments, IT staff struggle to contain these issues using antivirus software, firewalls, and proxies. These security measures often slow down PCs significantl…
If you were ready to ditch corpomicrosoft why would you go to corpoapple instead of something foss like debian tho
Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
#499We routinely implement phased / canary deployments in server-side systems to prevent faults from rolling out globally. How is it possible that CrowdStrike and/or Windows does not have a similar system built in for large, institutional customers? This is outrageous.
Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
#500I guess people who continue to use Windows in 2024 arguably deserve this, particularly those utilizing it in a production environment.
It's truly horrifying how many critical systems run Windows.