● 06.11.09

●● Microsoft’s Worst Patch Tuesday Ever, Intent to Shut Out the Security Industry

Posted in Microsoft, Security, Vista 7, Windows at 5:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: Microsoft unable to handle security; excludes third-party security vendors rather than assist them

IT IS well understood that Microsoft keeps a lot of the flaws in its software secret and it patches them secretly too [1, 2, 3]. So the latest reports about Microsoft patching 31 vulnerabilities must note that 31 is a lower bound, and that’s to be generous. On paper at least, this number is said to be the worst ever.

All told, June’s patch drop fixes a total of 31 vulnerabilities, a whopping amount of work for anyone who has to test and validate the fixes.

There is more coverage in The Register and in IDG, which says that “Microsoft sets record.”

Vista 7 will not be secure either. But in order to improve perception of security, Microsoft will distribute separately a ‘feature’ which is said to solve a problem that should not have existed in the first place.

Microsoft Corp is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for PCs that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc.

This is likely only to reduce security. It harms independent companies and thus slows down development. Internet Explorer 6 monoculture, for example, had a chilling effect on the Web. Only competition drives progress. █

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