Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 16th Oct 2006 19:47 UTC, submitted by Flatland_Spider
"Microsoft has compromised with security vendors who've been demanding access to the kernel of the upcoming Vista operating system so that they can update their security offerings, two analysts confirmed Friday. Following conversations with the European Union, Microsoft will make two security-related changes to Vista. First, it will create a new set of APIs, which will let third-party security vendors access information from the kernel. Microsoft will also build additional APIs to make sure Vista's security status dashboard - Windows Security Center - doesn't send duplicate alerts to users who have installed a rival dashboard."
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2005-11-13
Experts(?) were predicting that this patchguard thing would be hacked in a short period of time. So if security vendors can't build products that hook into the kernel, that's probably not a good thing if it is cracked and then becoems wide open for the bad guys.