Days-of-risk in 2006 : Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows
by Jeff Jones, Security by Numbers
Wed 2007-06-13 16:25:42
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A vulnerability is made public ... time passes ... a vendor issues a fix. Who did that the fastest in 2006? Are vendors getting better? Do the vendors fix High severity issues faster? Read on to find out ...

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Tue, 2007-06-19 08:51
Taken at face value.....
By Ecky thump

.... jolly interesting and a nice argument. two points:

1. Unless I missed the point, it doesn't take into account type or severity of vulnerability. It is obviously debatable whether a DoS vulnerability should be treated the same as a remote execution vulnerability but I think may make a difference to the figures.

2. As we all know, an operating system is a bit like a chocolate teapot on its own. The comparison that would be REALLY interesting is Windows/IIS/SQL-S/.Net vs. LAMP.

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