Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:25:02 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Isn't there a "zero-day Wednesday"? One day after the patches arrive a new
>> 0-day is usually scheduled to surface in the form of attacks that make
>> botnets.
>
> Yes, there is, but as usually you completely misunderstand every bit about
> it.
>
> It's 0-day Wednesday because the attackers reverse engineer the patches to
> determine how the flaw works, then they write code to exploit it, releasing
> it the next day.
How do you know? Are you asserting that *all* zero-day exploits are
reverse-engineered from the patches? Surely you are not *that* stupid?
Mart
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"We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes."
--- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.
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