Search: Home Bugtraq Vulnerabilities Mailing Lists Jobs Tools Vista
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA
Scott Granneman, 2006-10-27

Scott Granneman takes a look at some big surprises in Microsoft's Vista EULA that limit what security professionals and others can do with the forthcoming operating system.

Comments Mode:
Surpises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-27
Anonymous (1 replies)
In Europe judge take the notion of "reasonable" into account when a party sues you for a contractual infringement. So when MS imposes their EULA in Europe with these silly suprises, a judge give them a suprise.

[ reply ]

Link to this comment: http://www.securityfocus.com/comments/columns/420/33948#33948
Re: Surpises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-28
Paul (2 replies)
Re: Re: Surpises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Re: Re: Surpises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-27
Peter (9 replies)
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-27
Anonymous (4 replies)
Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-28
Anonymous
Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
Michael
Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
Steve (1 replies)
Re: Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2007-02-19
Anonymous
Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
Anonymous
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
Anonymous
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-01
Anonymous
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
lonely spoon
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-03
Anonymous
Re: Microsoft Vista's EULA -- Average Users DO Care 2006-11-10
Amy
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2007-04-23
Anonymous
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2008-06-27
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-28
one more anonymous poster
Surprises with Microsoft Vista for PC manufacturers 2006-10-28
Anonymous
There is a reason they have no fear.. 2006-10-28
Nicholas weaver (2 replies)
Re: Speaking of Justice Dept 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Re: There is a reason they have no fear.. 2008-03-18
Anonymous
don't like it? roll ur own 2006-10-28
lsi (2 replies)
Re: don't like it? roll ur own 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Re: don't like it? roll ur own 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-29
Anonymous (2 replies)
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-31
editor
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-31
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Unclear about VMware impact 2006-10-30
Surreal
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
Zori
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
Ant-UK (2 replies)
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-03
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-06
ANT-UK
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
Jeff Johnson
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
Gilles Gravier - Gilles@Gravier.org
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-30
murdamcloud (1 replies)
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-10-31
Anonymous (2 replies)
Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-01
Anonymous (2 replies)
Re: Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-03
Anonymous
Re: Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-07
Anonymous
Re: Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-03
Darth Platypus
Virtualization now allowed? 2006-10-31
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: Virtualization now allowed? 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-01
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-01
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
Anonymous
A big big warning on the link 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Microsoft Lives! 2006-11-02
freedomme
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
Howard (2 replies)
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-03
Anonymous
Re: Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-06
editor
NO Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA !! 2006-11-02
Anonymous
License transfers and upgrades 2006-11-02
Anonymous Freak
When is censorship bad? 2006-11-02
A guy (1 replies)
Re: When is censorship bad? 2006-11-03
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
pdschmid
Gawd I love Linux 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA - allows reassignment! 2006-11-02
Hal
Paul Thurrott 2006-11-02
Thurrott Apologist and Defender of Good Sense (1 replies)
Re: Paul Thurrott 2006-11-08
Anonymous
Boil The Frogs 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
J WHTN
Stop the bitching... 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Windows User who went Mac and won't look back 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-02
Anonymous
Yay for OSX 2006-11-02
Graham J
Fox News 2006-11-03
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: Fox News 2007-03-04
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-03
Nick of Marina, CA
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-03
Morten Vitved
Change of EULA 2006-11-03
Alex
Micro$oft $uck$ 2006-11-03
assurbanipal
Is the limitation on reporting .Net Benchmarks a violation of free speech? 2006-11-06
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: Is the limitation on reporting .Net Benchmarks a violation of free speech? 2006-12-04
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: Re: Is the limitation on reporting .Net Benchmarks a violation of free speech? 2007-04-11
Anonymous
Surprises in MS EULA: Is it really that big a deal? 2006-11-07
GP (1 replies)
Re: Surprises in MS EULA: Is it really that big a deal? 2007-04-12
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-12
Polishing The Brass On The Titanic
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-18
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2006-11-21
Anonymous
Micro$oft Micro$oft when will you learn 2006-11-21
Masher1
Microsoft Vista - The Future Of Computing ??? 2006-11-23
Anonymous
Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA 2007-06-07
Anonymous







 

Privacy Statement
Copyright 2008, SecurityFocus