Re: Third party patches, a matter of trust by n3td3v

[coderman <coderman () gmail com>]

On 3/29/06, n3td3v <n3td3v () gmail com> wrote:
> Third party patches, a matter of trust
>
> Why are third party patches a bad thing?

they are only a bad thing if they are not trusted and not well tested.


> They force Microsoft to rush out a patch before
> Q.A testing has been fully completed in the time scale
> Microsoft would have initially hoped.

M$ is never forced to do anything.

a short / inadequate test cycle for the third party patch is indeed
something to consider though.  (presumably anyone deploying a third
party patch is also doing much more testing than they would for a M$
tested and sanctioned patch)


> Is it responsible for eEye to release a third party patch before Microsoft?

absolutely.

is it responsible for any system administrator to apply the eEye patch?
that depends on trust and testing... :)

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