MS Security Guy Wants Vista Bugs Rated Down

jcatcw writes "Gregg Keizer reports that Michael Howard, an MS senior security program manager, says that the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is being too conservative in its Vista vulnerability rating plans. Microsoft's own bug hunters should cut Windows Vista some slack and rate its vulnerabilities differently because of the operating system's new, baked-in defenses."

Comments

Re:N^X a big deal? Those that don't understand Uni

[Achromatic1978]

How's that 64-bit architecture coming in the Windows world, fanboy? Solaris has been 64-bit since when, 1995?

Spoken like an AC dickhead. When it was `95 I was all content with my 486 DX2 66. I'd love for you to point me to the x86 CPU that was around then.

Re:stop whinning and just....

[Kalriath]

But if they do see a vulnerability or bug, they are certainly free to report it. This equates it with something akin to a peer review process, as people trying to build an application see a flaw in an area they actually understand are able to say "hey guys, there's a problem here with xxxx, where yyyy could happen if zzzz happens". Availability of code under these conditions is comparable to a peer review process. Note that I didn't say open. Unlike the typical OSS zealots, I don't believe all software should be open.