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Reliance On MS A Danger To National Security
An anonymous reader writes "A panel of leading security experts Wednesday blasted Microsoft for vulnerabilities in its software, and warned that reliance on the Redmond, Wash.-based developer's software is a danger to both enterprises and national security." (Even OpenBSD might be bad if it was the only game in town.) M : The report (pdf) makes good reading.
welcome our new security overlords.
"We always consider security to be our absolute top priority," - Microsoft spokesman Sean Sundwall
You mean their proclivity to collect the worlds cash is a secondary mission? Wow, Windows must be like the most impregnable fortress ever, and more.
Reliance On MS A Danger To Rational Security
See the Pictures of the Flood of '08
Bears shit in the woods and the Pope turns out to be catholic!
Prediction: most of the counters to this will come from the observation that it was sponsored by the CCIA, which contains many of Microsoft's would-be competition. Of course, the CCIA contains just about everyone -- but then I repeat myself.
Lacking <sarcasm> tags,
dos=high,umb
files=8192
Good luck!
"I see no mention that it is the administrators who must share responsibility for the compromises and exploits."
What would be their fair share? According to MS, it's zero.
While the report's authors note the seriousness of their recommendations, they stood by them. "When the government uses a product whose monopoly position undermines its security, anti-trust becomes a national security issue..."
That's it! Get the National Guard surrounding Redmond immediately! Shut 'er down!
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
I should stop reading slashdot for a while and get to work.
GOOD GOD, MAN! Get a hold of yourself! Do you HEAR what you're saying?
In related news...
.mdb file with no password protection or referential integrity, have been dismissed as sour grapes on the part of the hole punching industry.
Allegations that the new Diebold touch screen voting systems are insecure, because they store votes in an easily modifiable Access
"People love the systems", said a representative for Diebold. "Security and accuracy are guaranteed by pretty flashing lights."
In a post from last week.
Somebody should hire me to predict the future of various aspects of I.T. ;-)
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - BF
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Windows Small Business Server 2003
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Windows Me
Windows 98
Windows 95
Windows NT Workstation
Windows NT Server
Alcohol may be bad for your liver. Film at 11.
"Ironically, Microsoft's efforts to deny interoperability of Windows with legitimate non-Microsoft applications have created an environment in which Microsoft's program interoperate efficiently only with Internet viruses," said Geer.
Gotta love it.
"Suppose you were an idiot..... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeate myself."
But every day is I-hate-Microsoft day at Slashdot.
That's why I'm here.
Why are you here?
The NT project was our last, best hope for secure computing. It failed. But in the year of the DoS war, it became something greater. Our last best hope for more overtime due to endless patching. The version is 5.1. The name: Windows XP.
Let me see if Ive got the timeline right: 1) US military uses MS software, 2)China is concerned about MS security, asks to see MS source code. 3) MS agrees, shows China MS source code 4) China decides MS is not the way to go, commits all government agencies to using locally developed version of Linux 5) WWIII starts and US military built around 'network centric warfare' finds all its computers crashing, US chaos and death on the battlefield ensues. War ends, MS anounces major new patch that should have been installed... Wow MS, just another good reason not to start WWIII...
I dont do meaning of life questions.
Bruce Schneier is famous for his work with cryptography research (ever heard of twofish? blowfish, maybe?)
Was he responsible for Swordfish too? Because if so, I've just lost all professional respect for him.
Really, wow. Slashdot does that to sites almost every day. :p
Stop the Slashdot effect! Don't read the articles!