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[News] [Rival] Windows Vista Has Emergency Fixes, Microsoft Tries to Hide Them

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Windows Vista Has Emergency Fixes, Microsoft Tries to Hide Them
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:32:20 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista 

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| The fixes have been floating around in beta guise for a few weeks, but fall 
| well short of being the rumoured Vista SP1 discussed on the sort of forums 
| that discuss such things.  
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41564

Microsoft quietly patches Windows Vista

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9757059-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Microsoft does not care about the user('s safety). It only cares about those
charts and figures which it can fake by hiding its many binary patches (vanity
and lies). More examples below.


Related:

Skeletons in Microsoft’s Patch Day closet

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| This is the first time I’ve seen Microsoft prominently admit to silently 
| fixing vulnerabilities in its bulletins — a controversial practice that 
| effectively reduces the number of publicly documented bug fixes (for those 
| keeping count) and affects patch management/deployment decisions.   
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=316


Beware of undisclosed Microsoft patches

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| Forget for a moment whether Microsoft is throwing off patch counts 
| that Microsoft brass use to compare its security record with those 
| of its competitors. What do you think of Redmond’s silent patching 
| practice?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=527

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