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MS Security Chief: Windows Never Exploited Until Patch Available

BenBenBen writes "The head of Microsoft's security business and technology unit states that Windows is never vulnerable until a patch appears, and that releasing patches is what causes exploits to be developed. Good quotes: 'We have never had vulnerabilities exploited before the patch was known', and '[he] could only think of one instance when a vulnerability was exploited before a patch was available'. Erm..."

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  1. help!! you mom is on my sp0ke what should me do?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    n/t

  2. hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ouch ! fun fun

  3. corepirate nazi felons surrendering? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    about as likely as the moon/mars/bars shot being piloted buy the won-eyed girl & the illegal aliens?

    these foulcurrs are in it up to their/yOUR last gasp.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators.... the kode is well, knowed.

  4. On the BBC, no less... by ackthpt · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Other ridiculous statements that have also been proven false.

    Or pretty close to false. The BBC has had a great track record of interrogating people (includingworld leaders who could order the deaths of their correspondents), I wonder why this was so soft on 'experts' (0==0 except where 1==0).

    Meanwhile they're doing a bang-up job on thursdays explaining the war on terrorism (a pretty good series which highlights intelligence failures around the world.)

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  5. In soviet russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the sky is green

  6. Re:Criminal tools like "diff"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Winboxen"... JESUS... Get out of the basement, dude!

  7. Re:What the Fuck? What the Fucking Fuck Fuck? by sogoodsofarsowhat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    MY GOD you have a way with words. :)

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  8. Re:Piffle by moojuece · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    check your math 2.4.25 is the current version

  9. Re:Oh really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    HAHA LOL

    yeah bush si teh sux0r

    VOET DEM if yuo aer l33t nad smartey!!!1!!1

  10. Re:Oh really? by morgewan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Shouldn't that be effect and cause?

  11. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by syn3rg · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hmmm, seems the mods got your post mixed up with the parent. Parent should be marked troll, while yours is quite funny.

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  12. Sounds like something Rick James would say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cocaine is a helluva drug.

  13. Bwahahahahah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hehehehehh. Bwahahaha. Hahahahahh. Whew....

    ROTFLMFBO

  14. Re:Oh really? by eatdave13 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Considering the universe is expanding in every direction at FTL speeds ...

    Faster than light? Did I miss a memo?

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  15. Re:Piffle by eatdave13 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't try to be right, I just try to make people think

    I think Michael Moore is a douchebag.

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  16. Re:only Microsoft finds exploits by strike2867 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Debian 8? Isnt there a Debian alpha they can upgrade to.

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  17. Re:only Microsoft finds exploits by TheLinuxSRC · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Somebody around here has/had a .sig to that effect. "The box said Designed for Windows XP or better, so I installed [insert favorite distro name here]"

    I always found it funny anyway....

  18. Re:Okay, now that was funny!!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    [ "Thanks, that made me spit coffee on my screen..." ]

    No doubt that made me choke on my Hot n' Spicy Beef Jerky!! I am glad I wasn't drinking hot coffee!!

    I think all the laid off programmers who's jobs went to India should start Open Source developing in their spare time and really give MS a run for their money!!!

    "Micro$oft Blows goats, I have proof!!!"

  19. Bagdad Bob Says... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!"

  20. Sorry, off-topic sig response... by Ironica · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Marriage is a ritual. So are funerals. If you don't have a funeral, you're still dead, right?

    Marriage is an "institution." Weddings are rituals. You can be married without a wedding, as you can be dead without a funeral. However, until you have a death certificate issued by the local authority, your beneficiaries cannot collect death benefits, your creditors won't stop hounding you, and your spouse can't remarry... so *legally*, you're not dead, no matter how stiff and cold you are.

    Until you get a marriage certificate, *legally* you're not married, no matter how you feel about each other. You cannot collect any of the benefits of marriage (joint tax filing, automatic inheritance without probate, spousal SSI and pension benefits, etc.)

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  21. Re:Oh really? by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Confucius say: I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

    I say :- I hear I gossip. I see I drool. I do and I regret.

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    for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
  22. Re:NEO AND THE JEWS KILL JESUS AND FRODO FOR THE R by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now that's comedy.

  23. Re:Oh really? by DoctorCool · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/26/155520 8&mode=thread (+5, Funny)

  24. Re:Oh really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic