Re: MS Security Chief: Windows Never Exploited Until Patch Available

[Dave Aitel <dave () immunitysec com>]

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You have to wonder what it was he meant to say. Surely not what the
bbc is quoting him as saying. But I can't figure out what.

- -dave


Bradley, Terry (CONTR) wrote:

| This just in from Slashdot:
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| "The head of Microsoft's security business and technology unit
| states <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3485972.stm>  that
| Windows is never vulnerable until a patch appears, and that
| releasing patches is what causes exploits to be developed. Good
| quotes: 'We have never had vulnerabilities exploited before the
| patch was known', and '[he] could only think of one instance when a
| vulnerability was exploited before a patch was available'. Erm..."
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| tb
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