Re: Microsoft Makes Concessions to Security Software Makers

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Dude VanWinkle to me:

> As I am sure you know by now Vista already has several security
> hotfixes that are applied, but usually they bundle those fixes into
> the next build, but what I was referring to was the statement by
> Joanna and zdnet:

Yes, and as you will see, I specifically elided that part of your 
message and addressed the issue _in general_, as you had stated it to 
the point UI quit quoting you.

My understanding of "blue pill" is that it is far from a given that it 
is actually meaningfully doable.  Theoretically, yes, but in a 
practically workable, distributed/remote attack scenario???

I'm sure MS has some of it's cleverest folk looking at this and 
puzzling over it, but as they probably also haven't come up with a 
straight yes/no answer, the judgement call is that it is "safe enough" 
to not delay Vista further...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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