http://netvouz.com/fjordaan/tag/patch?feed=rss fjordaan's bookmarks tagged "patch" on Netvouz http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dbrumley/pubs/apeg.html Attackers can simply wait for a patch to be released, use these techniques, and with reasonable chance, produce a working exploit within seconds. Coupled with a worm, all vulnerable hosts could be compromised before most are even aware a patch is available, let alone download it. Thus, Microsoft should redesign Windows Update. We propose solutions which prevent several possible schemes, some of which could be done with existing technology. fjordaan Thu, 01 May 2008 08:57:38 GMT