Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Mon 11th Aug 2008 16:13 UTC, submitted by gonzo
Ars Technica has analyzed recently publicized Vista's security flaws. "Unfortunate, yes, but not as was reported in the immediate aftermath of the presentation evidence that Vista's security is useless, nor does this work constitute a major security issue. And it's not game over, either. Sensationalism sells, and there's no news like bad news, but sometimes particularly when covering security issues, it would be nice to see accuracy and level-headedness instead. ... Furthermore, these attacks are specifically on the buffer overflow protections; they do not circumvent the IE Protected Mode sandbox, nor Vista's (in)famous UAC restrictions."
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RE: Uh... game over... right?
by satan666 on Mon 11th Aug 2008 17:13
in reply to "Uh... game over... right?"
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Nah! It's never game over. Microsoft will manage to fix those issues or, at least, will give the impression that the issues are fixed. Even if Microsoft manages to patch those holes in the security system, the hackers will manage to find even more holes. The end result will be even more pop-ups asking the user whether he wants to continue or not.
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2006-12-21
Did I miss something? The article pretty much supports the idea of: game over and tries to call the articles about the hack "sensationalism". And then tries to say that XP is crap... so it's ok that Vista can be hacked because Vista has more security features than XP
I found the article to be rather humorous... in a sad/funny way... like watching a chicken dance around with its head chopped off.