4peeps.com Forums > Microsoft: "Our products aren't engineered for security

Kingbob

Sep 8 2002, 12:53 PM

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"Brian Valentine, senior vice-president in charge of Microsoft's Windows development, has made a grim admission to the Microsoft Windows Server .net developer conference in Seattle, USA.
"I'm not proud," he told delegates yesterday (5 September). "We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security," admitted Valentine, who since 1998 has headed Microsoft's Windows division"

http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQUN...13&CARTI=115571

Jason

Sep 8 2002, 01:18 PM

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"Brian Valentine, senior vice-president in charge of Microsoft's Windows development, has made a grim admission to the Microsoft Windows Server .net developer conference in Seattle, USA.
"I'm not proud," he told delegates yesterday (5 September). "We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security," admitted Valentine, who since 1998 has headed Microsoft's Windows division"

http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQUN...13&CARTI=115571

They must have had a reason for saying that, was to sell the Longhorn idea ?

pretty damn secure for a "non" secure OS though.

Kingbob

Sep 8 2002, 03:51 PM

its not secure

easy to get in

Jason

Sep 8 2002, 04:06 PM

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its not secure

easy to get in :twisted:

Not at all, I posted a story on the main page of a 2k network setup by "experts" and it couldn't be broken in to by other "experts".

search through previous news posts you will find it.

Kingbob

Sep 8 2002, 04:07 PM

y do i need to look at posts when i can do the real thing

~sid~

Sep 8 2002, 04:37 PM

during this year so far, per capita, a higher % of linux based machines where overtaken/hacked...

and it was to sell Longhorns security and new file system...