Microsoft's new operating system won't be out until late 2006, but here's a look at some of the new security features expected. This includes less kernel-level code, IE7 in restricted mode, and more.
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2005-07-06
Some people never learn and I have to say this - the Cowboys from Redmond have done it again unless they enable the firewall by default.
If security is the priority then make it so. The inconvienience of a few extra dialogs is nothing compared to the effects of being infected. This is exactly the reason windows will continue to be an insecure and virus friendly OS.
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RE: More hacks to fix flawed design
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2005-07-08
Yes, firewall, fine. Let's move on, because most of the Windows security problems exist with or without a firewall, and whether or not it's two-way or halfway decent.
The vast majority of Windows security issues have to do with the fact that 1) too many people run browsers, email clients, p2p software, and other network applications as the superuser, and 2) even if they don't, Windows will often trust applications to access system resources that it really shouldn't be touching. For example, the registry.
The big questions is, will the push towards users running applications with reduced privileges solve the problem? Will it break applications? Will it merely expose really nasty privilege escalation bugs in the brand new code?
What we need to be asking is, disregarding the tragic failure to address security in the past, are there any technical limitations of the Windows platform that inherently make the system insecure beyond repair? Can Microsoft throw $100M at the security problems and make them go away?
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Windows Vista's new security features: http://windows.czweb.org/show_article.php?id_article=156
