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Microsoft Collaborated with the NSA on Vista Security?
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 04:44:50 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Huh? Yeah, that's what I said. :-) I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but given the NSA's background in surreptitious surveillance, this is yet another reason why I will never, never own a Vista system. I've heard that "I'm from The Government and I'm here to help you!" mantra before. No thanks. :-) Via The Washington Post. [snip] When Microsoft introduces its long-awaited Windows Vista operating system this month, it will have an unlikely partner to thank for making its flagship product safe and secure for millions of computer users across the world: the National Security Agency. For the first time, the giant software maker is acknowledging the help of the secretive agency, better known for eavesdropping on foreign officials and, more recently, U.S. citizens as part of the Bush administration's effort to combat terrorism. The agency said it has helped in the development of the security of Microsoft's new operating system -- the brains of a computer -- to protect it from worms, Trojan horses and other insidious computer attackers. "Our intention is to help everyone with security," Tony W. Sager, the NSA's chief of vulnerability analysis and operations group, said yesterday. [snip] More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/08/AR200701080 1352.html - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.2 (Build 4075) wj8DBQFFox23q1pz9mNUZTMRAvnKAJ9uvREHwe83VKe5nIU5bhIpCAzKFwCgxtuE ddasvRlCWhYOe7XZQdrRvhM= =EOo5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Microsoft Collaborated with the NSA on Vista Security? Fergie (Jan 08)
- Re: Microsoft Collaborated with the NSA on Vista Security? Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 09)
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- Re: Microsoft Collaborated with the NSA on Vista Security? Fergie (Jan 09)
- Re: Microsoft Collaborated with the NSA on Vista Security? Dennis Henderson (Jan 09)
- Re: Microsoft Collaborated with the NSA on Vista Security? Fergie (Jan 09)
- Re: Microsoft Collaborated with the NSA on Vista Security? Dennis Henderson (Jan 09)
- Re: Microsoft Collaborated with the NSA on Vista Security? Gregory Hicks (Jan 09)
- Re: Microsoft Collaborated with the NSA on Vista Security? Fergie (Jan 09)