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Microsoft Opens Its Security Research Cookbooks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-cook-me-up-some-pie dept.

greg65535 writes "Today Microsoft launched a blog about the internals of their IT security research and patch development process. There are already some posts that you will not find in the official security bulletins or KB articles. One of the posts says, 'We periodically identify workarounds or mitigations like this that we can't use for official guidance because they're either too nuanced or have some exception cases. When we discover something potentially useful but are uncomfortable listing it in the bulletin, we'll do our best to describe it here in this blog.' It looks like Microsoft is making an effort to become more 'open' in the area of security research and communication."

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  1. Microsoft Security Protocols by andy314159pi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Opens Its Security Research Cookbooks

    Chapter 1.

    If someone knocks on the door, use the little peep hole.
    1. Re:Microsoft Security Protocols by RuBLed · · Score: 2, Funny

      in cases where there is no peep hole, get the tower shield provided to you during the orientation...

  2. yeah but by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It looks like Microsoft is making an effort to become more 'open' in the area of security research and communication.

    That's just because they haven't found a way to launch chairs at people through the internet.

    --
    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
  3. Not now Kato you fool!!!!! by Picass0 · · Score: 3, Funny


    Microsoft Security Research: Do you know what kind of a bomb it was?
    Clouseau: The exploding kind.

  4. BAMF! by Torodung · · Score: 2, Funny

    Chapter 2!

    An unidentified program wants to use your little peep hole.

    The source and purpose of this little peep hole is unknown. Don't use the peep hole unless you have used it before or know where it's from.

    CANCEL/ALLOW?

    1. Re:BAMF! by spec8472 · · Score: 1, Funny

      Someone is attempting to reuse an old joke on Slashdot.

      Would you like to:
      1. Dispatch Microsoft Anti-Fun Squad. (In Soviet Russia, anti-fun squad make joke of you!)
      2. Create a beowulf cluster of these
      3. ???
      4. Profit!

  5. A question for Mahatma Ghandi by knorthern+knight · · Score: 5, Funny

    Question: Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft security?

    Answer: I think it would be a good idea.

    --

    I'm not repeating myself
    I'm an X window user; I'm an ex-Windows user
  6. Re:Can we revisit the tag thing? by corychristison · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dunno what's worse:
    - that there is a 35 character tag
    - or that you took the time to count it

  7. MOD PARENT FUNNY Re:Microsoft Security Protocols by asuffield · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft ISA actually offers a very robust and powerful firewalling system, for exampling, allowing you to internally spoof/proxy SSL certificates to domain members so you can even inspect encrypted packets on the network.


    Quoted for hilarity. Up to that point I thought your post was actually serious. Haven't seen a punchline that good in ages.