Mozilla's 10-Day Critical Bug Patch Commitment Raises Security Standards

A Mozilla executive has vowed that his company can patch any critical vulnerability in its software within 10 days, a sign that Mozilla intends to step up its efforts to improve security. I found this to be a pretty bold claim. Does this have anything to do with the recent flood of Firefox security bugs? I really hope that Mozilla is able to stick with their claim of providing security fixes with-in 10 day. Could other software makers do the same thing?

Mozilla executive Mike Shaver backed up his claim by scrawling it on a business card at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas last week and handing it to Robert Hansen, CEO of SecTheory.com, who also runs the ha.ckers.org website. Hansen posted a photo of Shaver's business card, including the claim "Ten [expletive] days."

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