[huskerlug] » Pondering Microsoft’s monthly patch cycle conundrum | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

  • From: GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: HuskerLug <huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:24:19 -0600

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=36&tag=nl.e589

*Alan Paller, director of research, The SANS Institute*

The reality today is that you are waiting, on average, close to four
months for a patch.

That's about how long vendors know about the problem before they release
a patch, so bunching them up monthly is a great idea as long as they
also act quickly to patch zero-days.



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