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04-17-2011, 03:20 AM
My blogging colleague Ryan Naraine offers up some fascinating foods for thought concerning Microsoft;s philosophy behind disclosing (or not disclosing) all of the vulnerabilities it is repairing by way of its patches.Microsoft is, admittedly,Office 2010 Pro Plus Key (http://www.office2007key.ca/office-2010-key), silently patching particular vulnerabilities. The practice isn;t special to Microsoft, as Naraine notes. However it is controversial. Microsoft says it truly is doing this to thwart “the bad guys.” But the silent patching also makes IT administrators; jobs more complicated.From Naraine;s blog post:“You’re not fooling exploit writers with silent fixes. You’re only fooling your customers,” says Marc Maiffret, co-founder of eEye Digital Security.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?