Microsoft Patents the "sudo" command

[don.thomas.cissp at gmail.com (Don Thomas)]

However...

Groklaw brings up some interesting "prior art" and history of sudo.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390

Anyway, it's an interesting read...

Best regards,
-dt
Don Thomas




On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Leandro Malaquias <
lm.net.security at gmail.com> wrote:

>  David A. Gershman wrote:
> > To be legal, I just removed all 'sudo' existence from my Linux boxes.
> > > From now on, I'll boot into Windows and double click my 'sudo' icon and
> > provide:
> >
> >   - the OS to boot into (though only Window 7 and above are allowed)
> >   - the command to execute (properly corrected by M$ spell and
> >                             grammar check.)
> >   - the user to execute as (corrected to 'administrator')
> >   - and the password (shown in the clear, of course)
> >
> > After "completion", I'll get a dialog box with title 'Error' and text
> > 'Error'.
> >
> > "Microsoft. Where do you want to go...oh nevermind, we'll decide."
> >
> >
> > > Website: http://gizmodo.com/5402796/microsoft-patents-the-sudo-command
> > > Patent:
> http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,617,530.PN.&OS=PN/7,617,530&RS=PN/7,617,530
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Best regards,
-dt
Don Thomas
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