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# Larry Osterman's WebLog said on January 18, 2008 1:31 PM:

Michael Howard just announced that we've hired Crispin Cowan ! This is incredibly awesome, I have a huge

# Noticias externas said on January 18, 2008 2:03 PM:

Michael Howard just announced that we've hired Crispin Cowan ! This is incredibly awesome, I have

# Dave said on January 18, 2008 3:29 PM:

Crispin Cowan wants to join the team. You should only allow Crispin to start if you initiated the employment. Cancel or Allow?

# Anonymous said on January 21, 2008 4:15 AM:

"a non-zealot"

Ha! So those of us who adhere to a moral philosophy and refuse to sell out are zealots?

Given the choice between millions $ and poverty on the streets, I'd choose poverty rather than join Microsoft.

# Bink.nu said on January 21, 2008 2:36 PM:

Crispin Cowan, the Linux security expert behind StackGard, the Immunix Linux distro and AppArmor, has

# Donna's SecurityFlash said on January 22, 2008 3:19 AM:

Crispin Cowan, the Linux security expert behind StackGard, the Immunix Linux distro and AppArmor, has

# Mike Diack said on January 22, 2008 9:47 AM:

Can you clarify if his signing for Microsoft will stop him (contractually etc) developing AppArmor further?

As both a Windows developer and a Linux developer, I'd hate to think that this now forbids him from any further Linux work due to contracts etc.

Can you comment?

mike_diack@hotmail.com

# Kser said on January 22, 2008 1:42 PM:

Another linux guy bought, ops, contracted to delay the linux development and to try to fix the broken widows architecture...

# Robert said on January 22, 2008 1:44 PM:

Microsoft is really working hard. I cannot access these urls

http://immunix.com/

http://immunix.org/

# michael_HOWARD said on January 22, 2008 2:58 PM:

Robert, the immunix urls have been dead for a long time.

# michael_HOWARD said on January 22, 2008 2:59 PM:

Kser, Crispin is talented, that's why he was hired.

# Blog do Anderson Thiago (a.k.a Anderson T) said on January 22, 2008 5:51 PM:

Crispin Cowan para os que não o conheçem, é um respeitado nome em segurança que possui em sua bagagem

# stefan demetz said on January 25, 2008 11:13 AM:

Michael,

I hope he will be working on a few things I suggested a few years back to the Windows Server Team, an autolockdown feature with does these:

1)lock down unused features/services/accounts-permissions/ports after X time of "non-use" since last "genuine" use

2) downgrade permissions/accounts after X time of non-use

3) a runtime to establish "least-priviledge" necessary permissions at runtime of executables

removing unneeded access to sockets, filesystem or other OS resources

4) autolockdown with GPO

5)a tool to re-enable things or uninstall completely the "feature" (e.f FTP component in IIS)

Stefan

# e-yes said on January 26, 2008 7:23 PM:

Да продажный пидорас потому что:)

# Anonymous said on February 21, 2008 12:28 PM:

This is what happens when you get lame companies like Novell treating the FLOSS community like crap.  Good luck Crispin, hope employment with MS serves you better than what Novell did.

# Michael Howard's Web Log said on April 28, 2008 2:10 PM:

It had to happen. Since joining Microsoft a few short months ago, Crispin Cowen now has a blog . He's

# The Security Development Lifecycle said on April 29, 2008 11:47 AM:

Hey Ralph here, we wanted to let everyone know that Crispin Cowan has just started his own blog . Keep

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