The Associated Press has an
article noting that Microsoft is warning people against installing 3rd party patches intended to fix the recent
vulnerability in Microsoft's IE browser. This is the same position I took last week, however
the fact that Microsoft's ridiculous release schedule for fixes leaves an immeasurable number of users open to attack
for weeks before having the opportunity to access an official fix is just ludicrous. It is understandable that it may
take Microsoft longer than a security firm to pump out a fix, due to the amount of regression testing they must do
against various software combinations, they must certainly have a fix ready to go before Patch Tuesday comes around. If
that is the case, just release the patch - as soon as it is ready.
And please re-think the Patch Tuesday strategy for security fixes.
