At RSA Conference 2008, Craig Mundie, Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, announced his company's "End to End Trust vision," which aims to give users more control over what is trustworthy online. Microsoft published a white paper describing the initiative and the concept of a "trusted stack" where each element including the operating system, applications, people and data can be authenticated and is trustworthy.
The company has also created a forum for those interested in discussing security and privacy on the Internet in general. In a statement, Mundie said that the end goal of the proposal is "a more secure and trustworthy Internet, but its also important that we give people the tools that empower them to make good trust choices. End to End Trust will enable new opportunities for collaboration on solutions to social, political, economic and technical issues that will have a long-term impact on Internet security and privacy."
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The company has also created a forum for those interested in discussing security and privacy on the Internet in general. In a statement, Mundie said that the end goal of the proposal is "a more secure and trustworthy Internet, but its also important that we give people the tools that empower them to make good trust choices. End to End Trust will enable new opportunities for collaboration on solutions to social, political, economic and technical issues that will have a long-term impact on Internet security and privacy."
View: Full Article @ Ars Technica
Now its apples turn.
However MS should force,3rd party application companies to enforce much greater security on their products,if this is accomplished Windows will be the most trusy platform ever built (With the anger of the linux and apple comunity in my neck :sleeping
Cuddos for Microsoft,and keep the good work!
However MS should force,3rd party application companies to enforce much greater security on their products,if this is accomplished Windows will be the most trusy platform ever built (With the anger of the linux and apple comunity in my neck :sleeping
Cuddos for Microsoft,and keep the good work!
This is true, but unfortunately you can't really do much about that without seriously locking down the application (And probably breaking it in the process). But Microsoft is doing their best to try and get people to understand the importance of not constantly running as an administrator on a PC.
The only real thing I think they could have done better was maybe make Vista explain to them better why there's such a difference and make it create a "limited" account by default.
UAC should then only pop up on these "Limited" accounts when an application requires admin rights. As far as I know, that's how it works in Linux anyway.
UAC should then only pop up on these "Limited" accounts when an application requires admin rights. As far as I know, that's how it works in Linux anyway.
I always assumed that UAC would be a baby step to an out of the box limitted user configuration in a future (Possibly 7 or its successor) release.
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This certainly doesn't make me angry.
However MS should force,3rd party application companies to enforce much greater security on their products,if this is accomplished Windows will be the most trusy platform ever built (With the anger of the linux and apple comunity in my neck :sleeping
Cuddos for Microsoft,and keep the good work!
Why would Apple and Linux users be angry about this? I really don't care one way or the other, but a company's commitment to better security is always a good thing. At least in principle.
And in terms of Windows being the most "trusty" (secure?) platform, it's shaping up well finally, but that remains to be seen. Time will tell.
I didn't think so!
Does Microsoft track search activity? YES.
Does Microsoft track software usage? YES.
Does Microsoft track Windows Update usage? YES.
Does Microsoft log IPs, MACs, and SIDs? YES.
DOES MICROSOFT SPY ON YOU? YES!
When are you going to stop lying, Microsoft?
Last edited by toadeater on 16 Apr 2008 - 01:21
people may have forgotten a little thing called "trusted computing" or "palladium" as its called by microsoft
i suggest you all research these things before you all jump around saying they are doing a good job
dont believe a word these suits say, they are full of crap
its a major attack on computing as we know it, it will rob you of your freedoms of how you use your own computer and the internet. i highly suggest watching this http://www.lafkon.net/tc/
"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither"
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This site came out a long time ago and fails to even answer the question of what Trusted Computing is.
But let's all be paranoid and assume (you know what happens when you assume) that the "suits are full of crap" but the paranoid people who threw together the website are geniuses.
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