How long?

From: Teodorski, Chris (cteodorski@ppg.com)
Date: 08/19/02 

From: "Teodorski, Chris" <cteodorski@ppg.com>
To: "Security-Basics (E-mail)" <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 11:28:42 -0400

Does anyone know what the typical (average) lag time usually is from the time a hole is announced by Microsoft till we see that exploit being exploited? How long before the head script kiddie developes a tool to automate the exploit?

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