Geico Caveman <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:qsWdnVxwMudi81bZnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Developers cry foul over Windows kernel security
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>> | "Nobody knows if Microsoft has done this intentionally, but we
>> | can't avoid the suspicion that this move may have been designed to
>> | force users to rely on Microsoft and only Microsoft for Windows
>> | security"
>> `----
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>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/28/ms_kernel_security_controversy
>> /
>
> Interesting. I predicted that this would ultimately happen last week
> in a debate with Erik FUDbush (who by the way ran away with his
> trolling tail between his trolling hind legs).
>
> Anyone could have seen this as the logical conclusion of what
> Microsoft has been up to.
>
Yep. The try and "solve" the rootkit problem only to not fix that problem
and instead lock out their "competition".
The interesting point of all this is that the competition says they'll have
to start using rootkit techniques.
Nice solution.
Microsoft Operating system: Putting the "fuck" in "fucked-up".
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