Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 8th Aug 2008 13:14 UTC
This week at the Black Hat Security Conference two security researchers will discuss their findings which could completely bring Windows Vista to its knees. According to Dino Dai Zovi, a popular security researcher, "the genius of this is that it's completely reusable. They have attacks that let them load chosen content to a chosen location with chosen permissions. That's completely game over."
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Windows is fundamentally a single-user, "I own the computer" operating system with multiple layers of kludges piled on top of this core. Unix-based OS's are fundamentally multi-user operating systems where "I only own my home directory". Any layers built on top of Unix-like OS's fundamentally secure core are "tightening" and "strengthening" measures. The layers built on top of Windows' insecure core are mere prayers.
It is time to do what Mac did, and bite the bullet and replace the insecure core.
All else is FUD and Flame.
EDIT: Punctuation
Edited 2008-08-08 13:59 UTC