Vista raises the bar for flaw finders

Vista raises the bar for flaw finders
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-01-29

Microsoft launched its latest operating system--Windows Vista--on Monday, a move that will make finding easily exploitable vulnerabilities a lot harder, according to security researchers.

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Vista raises the bar for flaw finders 2007-01-30
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In all the Vista hype did nobody notice that Vista boots as NT 6.0, just as XP boots as NT 5.0? NT has run versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 (XP), and 6.0 (Vista) with only changed in the marketing name. These major version number are very accurate reflections of reality - Vista is just one more kick at a very old can. So to be honest, Vista is not a new OS, it's just one more iteration of a very old code base. And ultimately that is why Vista is just a small upgrade. And reason that the core design flaws can not be overcome. Microsoft has yet to bite the real bullet and produce "an all new operating system." Despite transparently clear envy, Vista ain't no OS X compared to its predecessors.

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