Microsoft Gets Help From NSA for Vista Security

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday January 9, 2007 @02:55AM from the keeping-them-from-getting-into-mischief dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post is reporting that Microsoft received help from the National Security Agency in protecting the Vista operating system from worms and viruses. The Agency aimed to help as many people as they could, and chose to assist Vista with good reason: the OS still has a 90 percent lock on the PC market, with some 600 million Vista users expected by 2010. From the article: 'The Redmond, Wash., software maker declined to be specific about the contributions the NSA made to secure the Windows operating system ... Microsoft said this is not the first time it has sought help from the NSA. For about four years, Microsoft has tapped the spy agency for security expertise in reviewing its operating systems, including the Windows XP consumer version and the Windows Server 2003 for corporate customers.'"

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Let me guess.. by scsirob · 2007-01-09 02:58 · Score: 4, Funny

.. They contributed "WIRETAP.DLL" and "TERRORSCAN.EXE" which are required components to pass the new-and-improved Windows Genuine Advantage test, right?!?

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90% market share? by Bohnanza · 2007-01-09 03:00 · Score: 4, Funny

"The Agency aimed to help as many people as they could, and chose to assist Vista with good reason: the OS still has a 90 percent lock on the PC market"
Wow! And it's not even out yet!

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Re:wouldn't it be nice? by DaveTuck · 2007-01-09 03:18 · Score: 5, Funny

Now lets see about increasing that H1B visa quota
What the hell have pencils got to do with it??!!

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Wrong helper by gmuslera · 2007-01-09 03:43 · Score: 5, Funny

They should ask for help to the Vatican, after all, is a miracle what they are looking for.