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Windows Vista still Rife with Insecure Code

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rife-i-say dept.

osxpetition writes "As noted in a News.com article, Symantec researchers have been testing the latest Microsoft Windows Vista build (Beta 2), and have found that the code is 'complete with new corner cases and defects' in the networking component. Symantec describes how Microsoft scrapped the old networking stack code from Windows XP in favour of newer, rewritten code. 'Microsoft has removed a large body of tried and tested code and replaced it with freshly written code.' Since January 2002, Microsoft has put a stronger emphasis on protecting PCs by attempting to implement stable, secure code into Windows XP and their new operating system. This latest report from Symantec brings attention to Microsoft's trustworthy computing campaign, and shows how it will be a long way before it is ready for the mainstream."

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  1. Re:Before the MSFT bashing commences by TrappedByMyself · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If it was perfect it would be released now.

    If that's the criteria, then no complex piece of software would ever be released.

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    Help me take back Slashdot. When did 'News for Nerds' become 'FUD and Conspiracy Theories for Extremist Nutjobs'?
  2. Re:Two of the funniest sentences today. by rowama · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Aarrg! Who swapped the Preview and Submit buttons?

  3. And In Other News... by fobbman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...representatives of the US automotive insurance industry announced today that after careful analysis of 2007 model year vehicles that every last one of them could run into something and get damaged.

  4. they're still doing it, btw by emagery · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm STILL Getting uncouth behavior from netflix (i know they had a class aciton lawsuit they lost over the same once before)... namely, I watch a lot of SERIES... anime, scifi, etc... and they have, a good 9 times out of 10, send the following volue 2 or more days before the preceeding one... i.e., the first to arrive is volume 2... then acouple days later, volume 1... then 4 and 3... etc. Even though the processing station for returns is just an hour down the road, sometimes they register recv'd the next day, sometimes it takes then 2-3 days, which is rediculous. I like the service, but I don't think they learned their lesson from the last time they got caught screwing with deliveries in an attempt to make you keep discs longer and expand their profit margin.