Re: News, dumbug, prediction rebuttals.

[Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>]

* Dave Aitel:

> 2. My prediction: No windows vulnerability drought. Something I
> realized when I was finally forced to switch over to Fedora Core 2 for
> security reasons was that XP SP2 solved the problem with people
> getting owned every time they connected their computer to the
> Internet. But it didn't solve the problem of people getting owned
> every time they used an application on their computer.

It's not clear that these vulnerabilities continue to receive Windows
logo certification.  We could well see a shift in vulnerability
branding, which would be perceived as a Windows vulnerability drought.
This is not a technical question. 8-)