Hmmm, I choose the Blue Pill.

Post #264,165

8/8/06 9:02:09 AM

[link|http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=75054&cat_id=582|Oh Yeah, Blue Pill indeed]

The MOST secure Windows OS called Vista, which sounds just like what they said about NT4, NT5^H^H^HW2K, WXP, W2K3 server... etc, once taking the Blue Pill is done for.

Of course, of course, here is the crux:

Reportedly, in order to check the vulnerability of Windows Vista, Microsoft had handed over its test versions to 3,000 researchers in the conference and asked them to try hacking it. A researcher, Joanna Rutkowska, from Coseinc, a Singapore-based security firm, showed how it is possible to bypass security measures in Vista that prevents unsigned code from running.

HAHA, there goes that Trusted Computing blah blah blah... the virtualization used by Vista is broken badly.

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Post #264,175

by drewk

8/8/06 10:09:04 AM

Then you should love this

[link|http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=112589|http://www.computerw...&articleId=112589]

Ebert said he is most impressed by Microsoft's public push to convince users that it is serious about securing its products. "Eighty percent of security is dealing with the psychology of people and processes," he said. "The technical part is almost easy by comparison."

I know a few people who might dispute that. But let's assume for the moment that it's true. Or at least accept that there are people who believe (or want to) that it's true.

"I've never seen any other company invest this much to prevent attacks against their software," said Dan Kaminsky, one of 20 security consultants hired by Microsoft to help tighten up Vista.

Kaminsky said he believes that Vista is now on par or better than operating systems such as Linux and Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X.

Let's see, we've just said that the psychology is more important than the technology. And we've got a guy being paid to improve it. So it's safe to assume he's being paid to help with the psychology of it. And his criterion for evaluation is the amount they've invested. And his conclusion is that since they've invested more than anyone else, it must be on par with -- or better than -- Linux and OS X.

Umm, argument by dollars?

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Post #264,176

by imric

8/8/06 11:06:48 AM

Does Sandy Reed consult for him?

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Post #264,191

by JayMehaffey

8/8/06 12:20:54 PM

Gotta love that logic

It is one of those arguments that only sounds plausible because people don't understand computers. If you rephrase it for something else people would reject it out of hand.

"We spent a fortune fixing the structural design flaws in this building so it must be the sturdiest building ever."

I don't think so.

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