full-disclosure - Vulnerability response times -- MS and others

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From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu)
Subject: Vulnerability response times -- MS and others 

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 11:34:34 CDT, hggdh <hggdh@...cast.net>  said:

> Anyways... the report seems to indicate that Microsoft is the fastest
> on solving security issues.
> 
> Comments?

That's only because they smack down anybody who doesn't follow their style of
disclosure.  I'll bet if you recompute based on the time lag between when the
black hats first have a 0day and when the patch comes out, you'll find a far
different story.

Remember - CERT has taken a lot of heat over the years for delaying
announcements until patches are ready.  Microsoft is just doing more of the
same.

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