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Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'
From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:49:06 -0700
Used to be that any process could send messages to almost any other. They went after the most egregious misuse, which was something running as system would show UI to the desktop user. At that point you would be interacting with UI running as system. The most comical cases would be displaying Windows help, which would let you explore and run cmd.exe as system, for example. Once Vista forced the vendor to split the UI off into a process running as that user, that version is now "fixed" when running on XP as well. But no, no fundamental rework of the message-passing mechanism. Maybe in Windows 7, where they are threatening to break compatibility with Win32. BB Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
Date sent: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:45:43 -0700 From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>Indeed. Vista is fixing shatter attacks for older versions of Windows, too.My understanding of Shatter was that it (partly) used the fact that any window in Windows could send a message (or command) to any other window. Has this been changed? ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org It is a chilling thought, and until the authorities come up with a plan of action, I am urging everybody to take the sensible precaution of developing a nervous facial tic. - Dave Barry http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ 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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Current thread:
- Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Richard M. Smith (Apr 11)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Larry Seltzer (Apr 11)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Blue Boar (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Blue Boar (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Blue Boar (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Larry Seltzer (Apr 11)