Gates: 'Everything' impacted by security concerns
Posted by NTUsEr on 24 February 2004 - 19:44 · 19 comments & 2942 views
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#1 Posted by Cipher on 24 Feb 2004 - 19:50
- *insert random flame which has been said 1000s of times about windows security*
*prod reader to get *nix alternatives*
*compare security to mac*
*talk about source code leak*
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#1.3 Posted by Jack31081 on 24 Feb 2004 - 21:32
- Well, I see all the bases have been covered here.
I'll be leaving now
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#1.4 Posted by theh0g on 25 Feb 2004 - 09:39
- Get a life people. If you don't like comments, don't come here, it's only few of you diehard MS users who never even tried (or used) anything but Windows, Word and IE who get upset if someone says something against Microsoft. If you can't stand a criticism, don't make whole comments useless. I really can't understand this weird "connection" you have with Microsoft, but it's getting pathetic. And no, I'm not some "*nix zealot" or whatever, just getting tired of same old crap.
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#1.5 Posted by Cipher on 25 Feb 2004 - 15:47
- i have tried linux (i still use it when i want to play with web disign) and have seen mac in action. i like to come here to read comments on news. however, of late a lot of the news and comments revolves around people bashing microsoft security and comparing os'es. its tiring.
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#2 Posted by PseudoRandomDragon on 24 Feb 2004 - 20:13
- They have the right idea allright, but will their claims prove true? Time will tell. They certainly have the right idea with SP2 in terms of security.
If the same pattern of critical vulnerabilites happens after the release of SP2, then I will not be impressed to say the least. Vulnerabilites are to be expected, but the volume and severity, especially from a company with so much money, are not acceptable.
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#3 Posted by wrecklass on 25 Feb 2004 - 00:36
QUOTE Gates pointed to passwords as another weak link in the security infrastructure, pointing out that passwords are often reused, stored on insecure systems or written down on scraps of paper.
Cool. so the next version of Windows will check your desk and bulletin board for passwords and disable your internet connection if you leave them lying around.
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#3.1 Posted by dp123 on 25 Feb 2004 - 01:40
- Sounds like a description for what Gates' and Co were able to saturate the news media with for over two years... it was going to be a great and revolutionary technology...
I believe it was called PassPort! -
#3.2 Posted by PseudoRandomDragon on 25 Feb 2004 - 01:45
- Meanwhile, removing the WinXP/NT/2k password is as easy as 1-2-3.
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#3.3 Posted by markjensen on 25 Feb 2004 - 04:50
- Biometrics, anyone?
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#4 Posted by Sushubh on 25 Feb 2004 - 00:57
- hopefully, they wont force me to use a difference password for each and every different site, and they are kinda agreeing that they are NO LONGER rushing things to get out of market coz they need to address security issues.
they should have thought of it when they added an activeX browser INSIDE the OS.
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#5 Posted by toadeater on 25 Feb 2004 - 02:47
- I wonder if by "hostile programs" they mean things like rmozilla, etc.?
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#5.1 Posted by Shining Arcanine on 25 Feb 2004 - 03:07
- I doubt it. Microsoft doesn't drive competitors out of the market by forcing them with unfair bussiness practices, they simply make a better product.
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#5.2 Posted by PseudoRandomDragon on 25 Feb 2004 - 03:20
- Yes, there is nothing to worry about. If Microsoft did something like that, game over.
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#5.3 Posted by acidsex on 25 Feb 2004 - 05:17
QUOTE (#5.1) I doubt it. Microsoft doesn't drive competitors out of the market by forcing them with unfair bussiness practices, they simply make a better product.
what the hell are you smoking? I thought crack use was illegal in all 50 states. To make such a blanket statement like that is just freaking idiotic. IE is definitely not a better product and Windows media Player is the most bloated and useless piece of crap I have ever used.
With regards to MS not driving competitors out, surely you didnt just leave the cave. have you not seen MS' actions over the last 10 years. Surely being found a monopolistic company would lend credibility to the fact that M$ DOES indeed drive competitors out of business.-
#5.4 Posted by squad417 on 25 Feb 2004 - 06:11
QUOTE what the hell are you smoking? I thought crack use was illegal in all 50 states. To make such a blanket statement like that is just freaking idiotic. IE is definitely not a better product and Windows media Player is the most bloated and useless piece of crap I have ever used.
With regards to MS not driving competitors out, surely you didnt just leave the cave. have you not seen MS' actions over the last 10 years. Surely being found a monopolistic company would lend credibility to the fact that M$ DOES indeed drive competitors out of business.
Driving competitors out of business, which ones? If you're talking about netscape, corel, or real then they were driven out because ms made the better product. I've used their products and they were worse than what microsoft put out. If you think wmp is bloated why don't we talk about how intrusive real player is? IE is better because it caters to consumers, not because it has every single feature. Mozilla seems to be encouraging microsoft to make it better though.
Remember this, the superior products, etc. don't always win. Look at vhs vs beta. Beta was technically better, but vhs had the advantage of longer playing times. To the consumer, vhs was superior. Then there were the fees sony required. Again, manufacturers thought vhs was superior in this regard. To top it off, the porn industry chose vhs. Sure, you can whine about having low quality porn for all those years but I think you'd be happier if you could jack off a little longer.
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#6 Posted by squad417 on 25 Feb 2004 - 06:13
- MS=security?
Hope it gets better though.
During a speech at the RSA conference by Chairman Bill Gates, Microsoft previewed several new features, including an improved firewall that will be part of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP that is expected to ship later this year. Enterprise securityThe company also showed publicly for the first time a Windows Security Center that offers a centralized place to view security settings and get advice on how to evaluate a PC's vulnerabilities.
More than two years after Gates launched the company's Secure Computing Initiative, he reiterated that security is a top priority. "Everything we are doing has been impacted" by security concerns, Gates said. "It's not a case of simply fixing a few vulnerabilities and moving on." Microsoft also demonstrated a technology called "active protection technology" that the company says can make computers more resilient in the face of an attack.
Such technology attempts to screen out hostile behavior by an application and can also limit the amount of access a computer has on a network if it has not downloaded the latest patch. Gates pointed to passwords as another weak link in the security infrastructure, pointing out that passwords are often reused, stored on insecure systems or written down on scraps of paper.
Personally, here's how I see this. "Oh crap! We can't win the lawsuit against IBM and the ENTIRE friggen linux community so we'll just keep it cool and scares people with MORE lawsuit from us and hopefully, frighten that they will be, buy our license. Yay! We are truly a genius!"