Re: pro regulation viewpoint on cyber vulnerabiltiy

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Newmedia () aol com
Date: April 1, 2009 12:03:51 PM EDT
To: bmeeks () cox net, dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:     pro regulation viewpoint on cyber  
vulnerabiltiy

Brock:

I think it is widely understood that a) Microsoft "lost" as much as  
two years in its development of Vista learning how to write "secure"  
software and b) that the security configuration requirements in Vista  
were among the more obnoxious aspects of the OS  Windows 7 (i.e. Vista- 
Lite) revamps much of this.

In addition, from what I can tell, many people in the programming  
world nowadays consider Microsoft to be a first-class software  
development shop -- in part due to this exhaustive internal re- 
training effort.  Based on many conversations I've had with folks in  
the security world, Microsoft now gets pretty high marks.

Lastly, Microsoft's largest customer is/was the US Army.  Meeting  
Common Criteria tests is pretty important in that world.  COTS kinda  
forces the Pentagon to use Windows, it seems.

None of that speaks to the everyday issues of trying to get people to  
wise-up and not download viruses and the problems of securing legacy- 
compatible APIs.

Mark Stahlman
New York City



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