Microsoft Admits to Hiding Flaw Details

Spongeform writes "eWeek has an interview with a Microsoft security official admitting to hiding details on software vulnerabilities that are discovered internally. The reason? Microsoft believes that full disclosure of every security-related product change only serves to aid attackers. However, companies using host-based IPS that rely on flaw information to build signatures are basically left at risk because of Microsoft's silent fixes."

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Re:scandal!

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Doesn't SLASH have a similar policy?

Au contraire. The RFPolicy gives the vendor five working days to respond to a communication from the discoverer of a vulnerability, after which the discoverer can go public at any time. The discoverer and vendor are encouraged to work together to make a joint statement of the vulnerability once there is a fix.