[Gllug] OT: Microsoft sandbox?

[David Pashley]

On Aug 29, 2003 at 19:40, Paul Lee praised the llamas by saying:
> Huw Lynes wrote:
> >On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:55:31 +0100
> >Doug Winter <doug at pigeonhold.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Anyone got any idea what the technology being referred to here is?
> >>
> >>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-5-794887,00.html
> >>
> >
> >sounds like a windows version of User Mode Linux. Or possibly a windows
> >implementation of chroot?
> >
> >
> 
> Umm no. Its looks like trusted computing platform. ie: trusted to only 
> run MS Windows ;o)
> 
> Of course the press give MS an easy ride again, by basically reprinting 
> a Microsoft press release
> and not enquiring why OSX and Linux are less prone to virii now without 
> requiring a
> complete redesign of the PC.
> 
A good idea would be having some decent file permissions to start with.
Currently anyone can write files to %SYSTEMROOT% without a problem. Not
a good idea. It is possible to lock Windows down considerably.

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David Pashley
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