Bill Gates: RSA Keynote 2006

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Bill Gates opened this year’s RSA Conference this year by outlining some of the goals Microsoft wishes to achieve in terms of security over the next few years. Highlighting improved security features that will ship with Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, Gates explained that a combination of transparency, simplicity and next generation 'smart cards' will lead the way in secure personal identification.

“It is a very big challenge to make sure that security is not the thing holding us back,” Gates said. “The Internet is such a critical infrastructure for productivity, for reliability, for privacy that the dream we have can only be realized if we not only build secure approaches but make them easy to administer and make it so the users understand exactly what to expect. That means a lot of invention and a lot of improvement from where we are today.”

Gates later said that Microsoft's security vision for the future "...is to create a world where there is greater trust - where people and organizations can use a range of devices to be more reliably and securely connected to the information, services and people that matter most to them.”

The keynote address included a demonstration of Microsoft's new 'password replacement' InfoCard system, which allowed the presenter access to a fake car rental site by simply choosing an identity from a list of names. Slated for launch and multiple platform support later this year, Microsoft's InfoCard system will allow users to carry their digital ID around much like a wallet, allowing access to computers and protected information areas on demand. Gates referred to current password systems as "the weak link" in creating a simple and secure environment for users to function in.

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#1 AMDMEFX-55 on 15 Feb 2006 - 07:46

Go bill

#2 _Dom_ on 15 Feb 2006 - 08:42

any "secure" system created will be cracked sooner or later

(2 replies) #3 theh0g on 15 Feb 2006 - 09:22

Blah blah blah blah, yeah right, Microsoft talks about security, I love funny reading in the morning. C'mon people, the only reason they put Bill on every damn conference is to gain audience and publicity. Aren't you tired of his "vision talks"? He still doesn't get it we live NOW, not in 10 years, I don't care what Windows 2043 will bring or what enhanced security crap IE 9.0 will have, there is Windows XP and IE 6 on this machine at this moment and I want security now. He talked about these two products few years ago probably, are they secure? Swiss cheese has less holes. Just look at February's security update list, my God, I'm glad it's only my office where I need to use Windows. But that's just me I guess, so fanboys, don't get your bloodpressure up.

#3.1 AMDMEFX-55 on 15 Feb 2006 - 09:30

HAHA I also like a funny read at night.

#3.2 Chicane-UK on 16 Feb 2006 - 08:23

Amen!

I wonder if he talked about Vista and the 'clarity' it will bring to 'my world' - the biggest load of marketing nonsense i've ever heard.

#4 rvdlaar on 15 Feb 2006 - 10:40

isnt this "InfoCard" thing, similar to the Passport stuff ?

#5 Shiranui on 16 Feb 2006 - 04:00

The Dick Cheney joke was good.

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