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Re: [News] Vista Takes Another Bizarre Approach to Pseudo Security

  • Subject: Re: [News] Vista Takes Another Bizarre Approach to Pseudo Security
  • From: "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:06:03 +0100
  • In-reply-to: <4630253A.8070301@usq.edu.au>
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Slated.org
  • References: <3106599.nIzy19qN5B@schestowitz.com> <1177424352.68635.0@demeter.uk.clara.net> <4630253A.8070301@usq.edu.au>
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  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:517680
Verily I say unto thee, that Ron House spake thusly:
> BearItAll wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Program Names govern admin rights in Vista
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | "This is a little bit silly: just name the installer something
>>> | else, and Vista lets it through," Chess said. He added that
>>> | although the feature is imperfect and inconvenient, it's
>>> | "better than nothing".
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/23/vista_program_naming_oddness/
> 
> Did you notice this bit:
> 
> 'Secure coding specialist Fortify Software said Microsoft's Installer
> Detection technology acted as a screen against spyware. While imperfect,
> and odd in the way its behaviour is affected by the names given to
> project, the feature is better than nothing.
> 
> '"The Vista feature you've run into is the equivalent of an airport
> metal detector," explained Dr Brian Chess, chief scientist at Fortify
> Software' ?
> 
> Noo, Mr so-called chief scientist, it is like a 'detector' at the
> airport that detects things that have the word 'metal' printed on them.

Nice analysis :)

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

.----
| I found [Vista] to be a dangerously unstable operating system,
| which has caused me to lose data ... unfortunately this product
| is unfit for any user. - [H]ardOCP, <http://tinyurl.com/3bpfs2>
`----

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