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SmellyGeekBoy
on June 13, 2019
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Security by obscurity. Surely the information on the vulnerability is already out there by the time the patch is released?
onli
on June 13, 2019
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No, not necessarily. That's the point of those disclosure timelines.
Dylan16807
on June 13, 2019
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Security by obscurity can work just fine when it's a two week extension on a bug that has existed for years.
pixl97
on June 13, 2019
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But it never ends at two weeks. Time and time again the vendors will put it off for years if you let them.
Dylan16807
on June 13, 2019
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I'm defending monthly patches here, not giving vendors extra time.
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