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Recent CRN Article comparing Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista
Jeff has a post about the recent CRN and Ars Technica articles comparing XPSP2 and Vista security. One thing I love about Jeff is he's blunt. Damned blunt. Read More...
My Take on Windows Vista Security “Vulnerabilities”
I love looking at and analyzing security bugs, but I also enjoy observing how people react to knowledge of security bugs. Over the last few weeks, I’ve seen a number of interesting articles about Windows Vista security that made me smile. So I thought Read More...
UAC BS
Howdy once again from RSA. It's raining. So much for sunny California! Jeff and I just gave our talk about Windows Vista Security Engineering. It was a packed room. In fact, when we got to the room we saw a bunch of people milling around outside. We went Read More...
A couple of interesting security blog posts
Jeff has an uncanny ability to dig into details that most folks gloss over: Exposed? : Examining Secunia Unpatched Warnings - Part 3 I have to concur with Kai: People like this just frost me: Security considered a burden for users Read More...
My Take on Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and Windows Vista
Over the last couple of days, many people have asked for my take on the fact that Visual Studio 2005 SP1 requires admin privileges to run on Windows Vista, and pops up a dialog saying so when it starts up. So, here’s my take, and I don't work for the Read More...
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