Reply to post: Wormable holes

While Microsoft griped about NSA exploit stockpiles, it stockpiled patches: Friday's WinXP fix was built in February

Chairo

Wormable holes

one lesson that should be learned by this mess: Make fixes available for wormable holes, even if the OS is not officially supported any more. Once the shit hit the fan it is too late.

Edit: For systems that are still in widespread use, of course.

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