Microsoft's Windows Vista has a date with some of the world's smartest hackers. The software maker will use the spotlight of the Black Hat security conference in August to show off some of the key security features and functionality being fitted into Vista. Microsoft's appearance on the Black Hat stage is a first on many fronts. Microsoft will be the first software vendor to present an entire Black Hat Briefing track on a pre-release product. It is also the first time a representative from Redmond will make an official presentation at the controversial hacker confab. Meanwhile, a patch Tuesay passed by.
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...reminds me of that TV dating show.
Microsoft: "We are here, any black hats willing to give Vista Beta 6 a crack?"
Black Hat: "Hmmm no"
Black Hat 2: "Not me"
Black Hat 3: "Looks pretty secure from over here"
Microsoft: "Look we separated IE from the OS, it's in a sandcastle all by itself"
Black Hat 2: "You mean 'sandbox' "
Microsoft: "Yea that's it now come over here and feel this keyboard, it's just like the old IBM style, click click see?
Black Hat 3: "We'll pass."
Microsoft: "Look we'll pay money, we gots lots of that you know"
Black Hat: "Yea we know"
Microsoft: "Look, what do we have to do to get you guys to crack Vista for us?"
All Black Hats: "RELEASE IT!!"
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WOW MS must have found the dumbest managers in the world. How is this whole sharade going to convince anybody that Vista is secure? Plus this isn't even the final release. Damned MS get your act together and higher some testers or something. Maybe next time rather than adding new features you guys could fix the old ones first ... just a though ...
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Are they "legitimate" security people (i.e. Symantec, McAfee, etc.) that are there to share their experience/knowledge with each other so they can improve their products, better secure their environment (create new security policies, restructure network, include/exclude OSes and applications), etc., or are they budding script kiddies?
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Okay... They're gonna parade around with their new "secure" OS at a conference full of hackers. Now, anything made secure, can be found to be insecure by someone willing to try hard enough. That is, anything man can make, another man can break. When the hackers expose the OS's weaknesses, they'll have egg all over their face. Nice PR move...
Someone needs fired! How about Ballmer?
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"When the hackers expose the OS's weaknesses, they'll have egg all over their face. Nice PR move..."
Why do you think they would do this? This is what they WANT to happen. That way they can actually get some things fixed. This is a smart and good move by MS in actuality. There would be no egg on th eface as you put it, since the OS is not released, and is only in beta. Beta by definition means buggy, and this way they will find out what the holes are and at least have the opportunity to fix them. The egg on the face will only come after release, if holes found during this period and after this event are not closed.
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