Ubuntu Security: Holes Found, Holes Fixed

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 08:08:58 -0500
Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:

> In fact, many security
> holes and bugs can be fixed THE DAY THEY'RE FOUND and released to
> users THE SAME DAY.

It makes zero day exploits a little difficult to achieve, especially
when compared to some of Microsoft's vulnerabilities which can run to
years and years unfixed.

"...in 2008 Microsoft confirmed a vulnerability in Internet Explorer,
which affected some versions that were released in 2001."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_attack

Cybe R. Wizard
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