__/ [ Rex Ballard ] on Friday 11 August 2006 04:23 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Windows defense handcuffs good guys
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "PatchGuard is hurting security vendors more than it is hurting
>> | malware writers," Bruce McCorkendale, a chief engineer at Symantec, told
>> | CNET News.com in an interview Wednesday. "There are types of security
>> | policies and next-generation security products that can only work
>> | through some of the mechanisms that PatchGuard prohibits."
>
> Yes, Microsoft must PROTECT us from horrible VIRUSES like:
> Xen running Linux (as host),
> Symantic Antivirus,
> RealAudio,
> FireFox,
> OpenOffice,
> Lotus Notes,
> I-Zone Firewall
> WordPerfect
> Corel Draw
> Anything created using Borland development tools.
> Cygwin
> Netscape
> Brief
> Eclipse
> Apache
> ...
> My god, there must be THOUSANDS of these viruses that must be
> EXTERMINATED FOREVER (Dalak voice).
>
> Microsoft only wants to run GOOD viruses like:
> ILoveYou
> Melissa
> Bagel
> Sky
> Nimda
> Spyware
> Spambots
> ...
>
> What's really funny is that I have some virus on my Windows machine
> that wants me to allow it to run as sqlsvr.exe.
>
> It couldn't be Microsoft SQL Server because I haven't installed it.
>
>> | Symantec is not alone in its complaints, but it is the largest
>> | security company to speak out publicly.
>
> Sounds to me like Symantec is about ready to come to the Linux camp.
Actually, the CEO evangelises Macs. But it's close enough. Symantec works
with IBM on Linux-based storage, too.
>> | Sana Security and Agnitum,
>> | two smaller vendors, said they share its concerns, but giants Cisco
>> | Systems and McAfee declined to comment for this story.
>
> There probably at least as concerned, but one of them is probably the
> third-rate competitor who is going to provide a fourth-rate product at
> fire-sale prices. They'll get some pitiful lump sum payment, and end
> up bankrupt within a year (Hint).
They have sacked a couple of dozens already. It happened a few weeks ago.
[sarcasm] Microsoft wants to have many bugs and holes in Vista (Symantec
confirms this to be true). But it wants all these bugs for itself (OneCare)!
Bugs pay. Who else would you turn to? With Linux, on the other hand, one can
change distribution vendors. With Microsoft, it's a monopoly. And there is a
high exit barrier (lockins), which sometimes makes defection an
impossibility.
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