Thursday, January 12, 2006
Micro$oft is to Computer Security as the DHS is to "Homeland" Security
So how good a job does M$ patching its crappy OSes to keep users security? Wht, crappy, says the Washington Post:
If you are on a machine running Windows, do your self a favor and read the whole thing, links and all.
Over the past three years, Microsoft has actually taken longer to issue critical fixes when researchers waited to disclose their research until after the company issued a patch. In 2003, Microsoft took an average of three months to issue patches for problems reported to them. In 2004, that time frame shot up to 134.5 days, a number that remained virtually unchanged in 2005.
If you are on a machine running Windows, do your self a favor and read the whole thing, links and all.
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