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WSH is in the top 10!

Alas the FBI top 10 Windows vulnerabilities :(

Given the current round of MyDoom virus attacks I've been reading up on what people think of Windows Security and Email (I was the email lead on working out what to do with what became Windows XP SP2)  Dana posted an interesting write up on Windows Script Host (something I was responsible for in a dim and not that distant past)   Dana has a good point that the security features in WSH aren't particularly well understood.  I wrote an article ages ago that tried to demystify what's there.  Hopefully the FBI will take WSH off the list and I can sleep easier at night.

Published Monday, February 02, 2004 2:52 PM by andrewclinick

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Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary said:

Andrew Clinick pointed out an article he wrote on MSDN about Windows scripting with WSH. Entitled "Providing a Secure eXPerience", he covers most that you would want to know about WSH in XP, stuff which I wish more people knew. As someone who was responsible for writing WSH in the past, Andrew hopes the FBI will take WSH off the list so he can sleep easier at night. For those at the FBI reading this, consider checking out his article and passing it on to the right people over there. Maybe some good will cover of that. Eric Lippert commented that Software Restriction Policies are available in Windows 2000. So there should be no excuse for not using them correctly across all NT5+ core systems. Eric has stated that he will expand on my tidbits about SRP in a future blog entry on his MSDN blog. Appreciate that. So there you have it. Happy reading!...
February 2, 2004 7:10 PM
 

Eric Wilson said:

You speak of XP SP 2 in the past tense as if it was already released. Is it?
February 3, 2004 7:46 AM
 

Andrew Clinick said:

Alas no but I'm no longer working on that product so it's past tense for me. It's still in beta
February 3, 2004 9:32 AM
 

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