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Zero-day WMF flaw underscores patch problems
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-01-12

For four days in January, network administrators and security-savvy home users had a choice: Download and install an unofficial open-source fix for the critical flaw in the Windows Meta File (WMF) format or wait an estimated week for an official patch from Microsoft.

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What Microsoft needs to be doing... 2006-01-12
Eric
What Microsoft needs to be doing is going back through the existing code in their current Operating Systems and finding the vulnerabilities BEFORE someone else does. That way they can roll out security fixes as part of their regular schedule and yet we can, for the most part, be safe from 0-day expl...

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