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• MS-DEFCON 2: 24H2 is around the corner

  Posted on September 5, 2024 at 02:45 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 21.36.1 • 2024-09-05

  

  By Susan Bradley

  I can always tell when fall is in the air.

  No, it’s not a decrease in temperatures — we’re still very hot here in Central California. No, it’s not that pumpkin-spice aroma around coffee shops.

  It’s the technology headlines about imminent updates from Redmond and Cupertino. Naturally, that means I’m raising the MS-DEFCON level to 2. Here are a few things you should consider.

  Anyone can read the full MS-DEFCON Alert (21.36.1, 2024-09-05).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, MS-DEFCON Alerts, Apple, CVE-2024-26248, CVE-2024-29056, InControl, KB5014754, KB5025885, KB5037754, MS-DEFCON, MS-DEFCON 2, Patch Lady Posts, RSA, TLS, Windows 11 23H2, Windows 11 24H2

• MS-DEFCON 2: Windows 11 21H2 nears end of life

  Posted on September 7, 2023 at 02:45 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.36.1 • 2023-09-07

  

  By Susan Bradley

  On October 10, 2023, the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 21H2 will no longer be supported by Microsoft.

  Anticipating next week’s Patch Tuesday, I’m raising the MS-DEFCON level to 2. When (and if) the dust settles, we’ll enter another period of safe patching toward the end of the month. I’ll say more then, but you should prepare.

  Anyone can read the full MS-DEFCON Alert (20.36.1, 2023-09-07).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, MS-DEFCON Alerts, BSOD, Downfall, KB5025885, KB5029331, KB5029351, MS-DEFCON, MS-DEFCON 2, Patch Lady Posts, TLS

• Another patch-induced conflict: Transport Layer Security fails with error 0x8009030f

  Posted on October 30, 2019 at 11:08 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft has acknowledged a problem with the latest patches for Win7, 8.1, Server 2008,  2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 and Server 2016 – Monthly Rollups, Security-only or (apparently) Previews of Monthly Rollups.

  When attempting to connect, Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) might intermittently fail or timeout.  You might also recieve one or more of the with the following errors:

  • “The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure Channel”
  •  error 0x8009030f
  • An error logged in the System Event Log for SCHANNEL event 36887 with alert code 20 and the description, “A fatal alert was received from the remote endpoint. The TLS protocol defined fatal alert code is 20.​”

  If TLS is failing on your up-to-date Win7, 8.1 or related Server based machines, now you know why. There’s a fix, documented in the KB article, but it’s messy.

  Thx @abbodi86

  Windows Patches/Security October 2019 Black Tuesday, TLS