Re: pro regulation viewpoint on cyber vulnerabiltiy

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Newmedia () aol com
Date: April 1, 2009 8:51:14 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:     pro regulation viewpoint on cyber  
vulnerabiltiy

Vadim:

In fact, Microsoft's focus on improving the security capabilities of  
WIndows starting in 2000 was the direct result of government  
intervention.  This was the primary issue "resolved" by the DoJ anti- 
trust case, as I suspect some people at Symantec who can attest.

As the NSA representative at the last Comdex show told me, roughly 50  
people from NSA "decamped" to the Redmond campus in mid-2000 and had  
remained there "on a rotating basis" from then on.  Btw, he told me  
this in making the argument that Microsoft was not installing  
"backdoors" as the Chinese and others feared.  Teaching Microsoft how  
to develop code that would pass Common Criteria tests was a part of  
the task, as well as the topic of the NSA booth at Comdex.

I am not making an argument regarding "market failure" here and  
generally agree with your comments.

Mark Stahlman
New York City



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