I would not mind the bunching, except that many of the vulnerabilities were discovered more than 4-6 months ago. The other Oses release patches much more quickly. What if someone other than Eeye with an axe to grind discovered these flaws before Microsoft decided to patch them?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roman Drahtmueller Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] The new Microsoft math: 1 patch for 14 vulnerabilities, MS04-011 > > I use Linux, OpenBSD and Windows in my enterprise. Linux and OpenBSD > use the "1 patch for 1 vulnerability" rule. Seems to me that MS is > bunching their patches together in order to make it seem on the > surface that Windows has less patches than other Oses, therefore it is > more secure. CIOs, take note. It happens from time to time (today...) that several bugs get fixed with one update package on SUSE Linux (and other Linuxes). But: One update package fixes one package, whereas one patch can consist of several update packages (in our patch management framework). After all, it is a matter of transparency if you can manually, individually select what update package you want on your system and which not. Probably even more important: You should also be able to see what _changes_ have been applied to every single update package. Otherwise, you just can't know what else has been "fixed"... Regards, Roman. -- - - | Roman Drahtmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> // "You don't need eyes to see, | SUSE Linux AG - Security Phone: // you need vision!" | Nürnberg, Germany +49-911-740530 // Maxi Jazz, Faithless | - - _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html