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Zero Day Patches
By Federico Biancuzzi

Zero day exploits were once the realm of just underground and elite
hackers, but their increased prevalence is bringing a positive new
trend: unofficial patches from members of the community, offered for
protection before official vendor patches appear. Federico Biancuzzi
interviewed Landon Fuller, who wrote Mac OS X patches for recent Month
of Apple Bugs vulnerabilities, and the ZERT team, which has offered
patches for critical Microsoft Windows zero-days that were actively
exploited.

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/437