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MS Invites Security Questions

Posted by Zonk on from the what's-a-bug? dept.

daria42 writes "Microsoft is inviting ZDNet readers to submit security-related questions online to a team of Microsoft security gurus. Microsoft's Ben English and his team will take questions online until the 30th of May. A selection of questions and answers will be published by ZDNet starting from the 6th of June. Submit your questions starting now!"

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  1. What I asked by Dante · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why does microsoft not eat it's own dogfood? As a network administrator
    I'm contstatly struggling with rights on workstations. I know that MS
    gives admin right to all of it's own users. (I live in seattle I've seen
    it.) But I can think of no security hole larger then giving out rights
    to users who *SHOULD* not need them.

    There is a laundry list of applications written *by* Microsoft that do
    not work properly without additional rights.

    This has been true sense NT 3.51. How did this happen? Upgrading to
    longhorn it not a soulution. If I worked for Microsoft this would be
    my first priority. Take away rights, fix existing applications.

    --
    "think of it as evolution in action"
  2. We all know what will happen. by Psionicist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They will ignore everything and give generic answers to worthless questions such as "how do I secure my home computer". The answer will probably be something like "use the microsoft firewall and the microsoft anti-spyware program, and a microsoft antivirus program on your geniuine microsoft windowxs xp operating system".

    Nothing to see here, move along.