Microsoft's Goal, Security Through Obscurity?

dave cutler writes "Salon has an amusing little wire article claiming that Microsoft argues that were they to provide any greater technical detail about protocols and APIs, it would make computers running their operating system far more vulnerable to cracking attacks." Update: 05/09 13:59 GMT by M : The benefit to customers of Microsoft integrating internet services into the operating system, as well as Microsoft's commitment to security, are exemplified in this article which notes yet another remote root hole in Microsoft's code.

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*thbppt*

[TVmisGuided]

*pauses to wipe coffee off monitor*

Three arguments against Microsoft's position:
Nimda.
Code Red.
The fact that a virus framework for .Net was released to the wild before the "official" .Net specification.
No, I don't believe them, not for a second. I'd sooner trust an armada of politicians and their attendant [strike]lackeys[/strike] lawyers.

'Nuff said.

Re:WTF????

[Transient0]

---QUOTE---
"The attack doesn't happen through the chat client, so as long as you
have MSN Messenger installed, if I send you a special URL, I can own
you," said Marc Maiffret, Eeye's "chief hacking officer."
---ENDQUOTE---

This kind of paraphrasing is a disgrace to journalistic integrity. I present to slahdot an exclusive direct transcription of this statement, before the WashPost mangled it.

"M4RX M4IFFR3T d03Z n0t R007 j00 7hru 14M3 cl3n7 h4x. M4RX M4IFFR3T iz 31337-h4x0r. H3 wiLL *0WNZ* j00 W/ 1337 j00-R-3ll iF j00 hav m3$$3ng3r 0N j0r 14m3 b0x0r 47 4LL!!!!!!!!!11111111," said M4RX M4IFFR3T, Eeye's K1N6Z0r of 31337.