Friday, August 11, 2006
Windows defense handcuffs good guys
Windows defense handcuffs good guys: "
"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.
Aha. Now we know why Symantec is dinging Vista, it threatens their business. Got it.
Microsoft's PatchGuard is designed to keep out malicious code. Security firms complain it's keeping them at bay, but not intruders."
"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.
Aha. Now we know why Symantec is dinging Vista, it threatens their business. Got it.
// posted by Craig @ 9:15 AM 
