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Microsoft Agrees to Changes in Vista Security
An anonymous reader writes "Bowing to pressure from European antitrust regulators and rival security vendors, Microsoft has agreed to modify Windows Vista to better accommodate third-party security software makers. In a press conference Friday, Microsoft said it would configure Vista to let third-party anti-virus and other security software makers bypass 'PatchGuard,' a feature in 64-bit versions of Windows Vista designed to bar access to the Windows kernel. Microsoft said it would create an API to let third-party vendors access the kernel and to disable the Windows Security Center so that users would not be prompted by multiple alerts about operating system security. In addition, Redmond said it would modify the welcome screen presented to Vista users to include links to other security software other than Microsoft's own OneCare suite. From the article: 'It looks like Microsoft was really testing the waters here, sort of pushing the limits of antitrust and decided they probably couldn't cross that line just yet.'"
That's because if you hack a Linux box all you get is control a system that belongs to some 28 year old guy who lives in his aunts basement. The value in finding security holes in a Windows box is that there are millions that can be turned into zombies to be used to crank out spam or worse. There is no money in hacking Linux. Most of the holes found in Windows come from Linux hackers who rarely take a look at their own OS. While there are many secure features in a standard Linux distro most sysadmins never address them. The way most people implement Linux is like parking an armored car outside of the bank but leaving the doors open.
Go ahead and belive that crap you are dishing out. "Microsoft is so wonderful".. ya whatever, idiot.
They suck and are immoral, illegal and should be terminated completely. Bill should have been aborted before birth for the same reason.
And if you dont belive that attorneys are scum of the earth feeding off others, then you are either blind or stupid.
Lack of knowledge? I was f-ing there. Were you? If you were, you must have been stoned and had no concept of what was really happening around you.
Rant? Sure.. i have no problem what part of your statement.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
OMG OMG OMG OMG! TROLL! TROLL!
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Seriously though. I didn't know MS paid their PR-department to infiltrate Slashdot. Thanks for letting us know that you're here - live and well.
Pesticide anyone? No mod points today