From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"mike"  wrote in message
news:68f5v214nl0qe45335htdvp6h0idemjtoj{at}4ax.com...
> On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:56:03 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"

> wrote:
>
>>
>>http://www.playfuls.com/news_06462_Microsoft_Will_Skip_Next_Weeks_Patch_Tuesd
ay.html
>>For the first time since September 2005, the Redmond behemoth will not
>>release its usual monthly fixes to its software products, simply because
>>they are not yet ready for prime-time.
>>
>>Microsoft is currently working on patches for known vulnerabilities in
>>Internet Explorer 7, Office 2007's Publisher 2007 and Windows Vista OS,
>>but
>>they are not ready for release at the moment, said a spokesman from
>>Microsoft's public relations firm Thursday.
>>
>
>
>
> Aren't there zero-day exploits that need to be patched while Microsoft
> is twiddling its thumbs?
>
> /m

Yep - yet sometimes a rushed patch could be considered a malicious zero day exploit.

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