>>>>> Peter da Silva writes:

> Does this mean Windows is going to set up some real protection domains
> between subsystems,

Don't know about this...

> abandon the practice of having every application load all their DLLs
> into a common %systemroot%,

Didn't they already develop this capability in the O/S?  (Getting
applications to use it is another issue...)

> and so on? Or does it just mean that Microserfs are going to get
> yelled at a bit more if they seem directly responsible for some
> security alert.

I don't know -- it's kind of hard to remember what you were going to
yell about after waiting an interminable time on hold for
support... ;)

> Of course, it could just be setting things up so that when the
> number of security alerts on Microsoft start dropping as security
> firms sign up to Microsoft's NDA-is "Full Disclosure" alternative,
> he can say "see, we said we'd improve security and we did". When all
> they've done is improve their spin control.

Gee, if that works, maybe they can do something with Congress?  8-)

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David Masterson                dmaster AT synopsys DOT com
Sr. R&D Engineer               Synopsys, Inc.
Software Engineering           Sunnyvale, CA

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