[Dailydave] ZERT

[Dave Aitel]

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2019162,00.asp

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The group did not coordinate its response with Microsoft and Stewart
stressed that the aim is not to serve as a replacement for the software
vendor. "Our goal is to get Microsoft to realize that there is a demand
out there for an emergency patch. We're not looking for [Windows] users
to prefer us over Microsoft. We're simply offering an alternative in a
crisis," Stewart added.

"Microsoft needs to start paying attention and recognize that there's a
need for an out-of-band patch. It's somewhat irresponsible to tell
customers to wait two weeks for Patch Tuesday while computers are being
hosed with malware," he declared.
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