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[News] [Rival] Vista Hit by Large Number of (Visible) Patches

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Vista Hit by Large Number of (Visible) Patches
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:39:21 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
9 Updates for Windows Vista This Week

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| This week, Microsoft released some “important” updates that probably won’t 
| come to Windows Update.
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http://thevistadaily.com/2007/06/28/9-updates-for-windows-vista-this-week/


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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