Symantec has made a research and affirming to there research Windows Vista will be more insecure than Windows XP, because most of the new code is fresh, and the old code isn’t used anymore…
Microsoft has removed a large body of tried and tested code and replaced it with freshly written code, complete with new corner cases and defects,” the researchers wrote in the report, scheduled for publication Tuesday. “This may provide for a more stable networking stack in the long term, but stability will suffer in the short term.
Also by using new tehnologies, such as IPv6 and peer-to-peer protocol will be a part of the new insecurity thread:
“As these technologies see wider deployment, we expect IPv6 and the new peer-to-peer protocols to play an increasing role in the delivery of malicious payloads,” the Symantec paper said. “These features are critical to the success of Microsoft’s peer-to-peer initiative but are also the same features that attackers need to deliver malicious content.”
So it seems that besides the system requierments needed for Vista it’s even likely to be used because of the future insecurity issues…
Source: news.com.com
I do not agree with the point.
Although the code of Vista is fresh, it is well tested and the development of this OS is exactly followed the requirements of secure software development art.
I don’t agree that Windows XP is insecure. It’s just a matter of how you configure it.
… and let’s wait until we get a final release of Vista before making comments about the the security problems. These companies should know better.
I agree with the comment that it is “how you configure it(xp)”
That is really true running as restricted user and using the “run as”
feature is pretty good also xp pro does have alot of security features built in.
The problem is Microsoft’s agenda of wanting to control people,and how better to do that than have the consumer pc market all run as admin and phone home to M$ headquarters every time you turn on the internet.
They do nothing to educate people on how to run as restricted user.
xp home is a joke they stripped all the security features you get with xp pro
you don’t even get the security tab to set files permissions unless in “safe mode” I am really surprised M$ has not been sued for this crap.
I think that as time passes by Microsoft has changed their standing on educating users.
Several newsletters especially made for home users can be something very useful for the proper way of handling, using and administrating Windows.
Are the home users interested in these? Fuck no!
Are administrators interested in these? 40% of them are.
What the hell then? If people think that it’s just installing and voilá, well, don’t expect it to do miracles.
I don’t think Windows is a bad OS – it has like everything else, flaws – I think the users MAKE IT look bad (the stupid ones, at least).
Fortunally there are ‘power users’ who understand what’s under the hood and how to work with it who try and share the truth: Windows is a good Operating System.
yeah but there are better (and cheaper) alternatives of course… and don’t take so many resources as Vista does…