White House Specifies And Mandates Secure Windows

twitter writes "The Register is reporting on an effort to bring order to the wild world of Windows patching, at least in the US Federal Government. The White House has issued a directive to federal CIOs throughout the country, issuing a call for all new PCs to use a 'common secure configuration.' 'Registry settings and which services would be turned on or off by default [are specified and] the directive calls for suppliers (integrators and software vendors) to certify that the products they supply operate effectively using these more secure configurations. "No Vista application will be able to be sold to federal agencies if the application does not run on the secure version of Vista," explained Alan Paller, director of research at The SANS Institute.'"

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I hate the US

[stratjakt]

They are so racist, and hate muslims.

I'm going to move to germany, who are progressive enough to allow muslims to beat their wives, becuase the Koran says it's OkEeDokee.

What a bunch of cowards. That's how afraid they are of the islamic world, a judge will rule it's OK for a muslim man to abuse his wife - rather than offend the muslims.

Just like the cowards in Minnesota, who wont revoke the licenses of muslim cab drivers who refuse to pick up the blind, in blatant opposition to the ADA.

Cowardice disguised as PC. Terrorism is real, and has worked.

Quit blaming Bush for all of the countries problems, because you're too cowardly to point at the real problem.

What, no "haha" tag?

[Scareduck]

Seriously, can Windows — any version — be made secure?

Hmmm....

[RobertM1968]

"No Vista application will be able to be sold to federal agencies if the application does not run on the secure version of Vista," explained Alan Paller, director of research at The SANS Institute.'"

I didnt know there was such a thing... :-)

Laugh, it was supposed to be funny!