And how long have buffer overflows been around?

["Edward W. Ray" <support () mmicman com>]

A lot longer than just before Windows 2003 release, but not according to
Security Architect and Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft's Security
Business Unit David Aucsmith:


"Windows 95 was written without a single security feature, he said, as it
was designed to be totally open to let users connect to other systems.
Furthermore, the security kernel of the Windows NT server software was
written before the Internet, and the Windows Server 2003 software was
written before buffer overflows became a frequent target of recent
attacks..."


The rest of the article can be found at
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/02/24/HNunderattack_1.html


A little levity for today's discussion.

Edward W. Ray

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