Reuters: Microsoft to give holes info to Uncle Sam first - responsible vendor notification may not be a good idea any more...

["Tamas Feher" <etomcat () freemail hu>]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=7
876004&src=rss/technologyNews

Microsoft to Offer Patches to U.S. Govt. First
by Reuters, 11 Mar 2005

Microsoft Corp. is to give the U.S. government priority in fixing 
security holes in Windows and other software, The Wall Street Journal 
reported on Friday.

Under a plan to take effect later this year, Microsoft will give the 
U.S. Air Force versions of software "patches" to fix serious security 
vulnerabilities up to a month before they are available to others, 
the paper said.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will give advance notice of 
problems to other government agencies and distribute patches to them, 
the Journal said, citing officials at Microsoft and the White House's 
Office of Management and Budget.
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