Microsoft Braces for Windows Attacks
Posted by Tom Warren on 29 April 2003 - 14:15 · 7 comments & 679 views
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#1 Posted by longwilli on 29 Apr 2003 - 15:21
- in theory for the amount of time they have spent on it, it shouldn't have too many bugs............oh yeah its made by microsoft
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#1.1 Posted by Greenmuncher on 29 Apr 2003 - 15:40
- i know your probably joking about the microsoft thing but they put an enormous amount of work in 2003. I believe it will be very secure and reliable but yes, like any program it will have bugs.
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#1.2 Posted by DrunkenMaster on 29 Apr 2003 - 16:28
- The problem has been that they've made the same comments about Windows 2000 and Windows XP claiming them to be the most secure and stable platforms MS has made to date. Both have had a number of holes and Win2k is up to (soon) 4 service packs. MS does make a good product. The problem is they brag about it being secure only to have everyone find out months later than its not.
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#1.3 Posted by JaggedFlame on 29 Apr 2003 - 17:25
- They [i]were[/i] the most stable and secure platforms to date. Windows XP was more secure than Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 is going to be more secure than Windows XP. Everyone knows that you can't make a perfect product. I don't recall Microsoft ever bragging that they would.
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#2 Posted by longwilli on 29 Apr 2003 - 15:51
- lol yes it was a joke
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#3 Posted by Krome on 29 Apr 2003 - 15:56
- let the game begins
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#4 Posted by jizness on 29 Apr 2003 - 21:55
- If rely on just an OS to do all your security work then you already lost regardless of what platform it is.
The final verdict on that belief is years away, but the early returns should be back within a matter of months thanks to an eager crowd of crackers salivating at the prospect of poking and prodding the new operating system.
The game is on.
"I am felling pretty good about it," said Steve Lipner, director of security assurance at the Microsoft Security Response Center in Redmond, Wash. "This is the culmination of a lot of security work that we all did. Personally, this is the product that I worked most closely on because of the security push. There's a lot of enthusiasm in the company around this and a lot of its due to the security aspect of it."
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