Find a Bug? Don't E-Mail Microsoft

Find a Bug? Don't E-Mail Microsoft
Brian McWilliams, SecurityFocus 2002-07-23

It may be the most-used vendor bug reporting address in history. This week Redmond put "secure@microsoft.com" out to pasture in favor of a handy Web form.

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Find a Bug? Don't E-Mail Microsoft 2002-07-23
Anonymous (1 replies)

Find a Bug? Don't E-Mail Microsoft 2002-07-24
Anonymous

Poor Idea, baby goes out with the bathwater... 2002-07-23
Geoff Shively

Two reporting routes are better than one. 2002-07-24
Avro (1 replies)

Two reporting routes are better than one. 2002-07-24
Johan Denoyer

I have had to contact Microsoft concerning some bugs... I used both methods, and I received an answer with-in half a day for both of them. I guess the webform is used to collect data they need by asking questions. Could be used for non-experts. (Yes newbees sometimes find security flaws)

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Don't E-Mail Microsoft--they dont care!!! 2002-07-24
technicolour yawn (1 replies)

Re: Don't E-Mail Microsoft--they dont care!!! 2009-07-06
Ben

Hmmmmm 2002-07-24
Anonymous Coward from dk

Paper trail... 2002-07-24
Michel Salim <salimma1NOatSPAMyahoo.co.uk