> Well, with the exception that behind linux password typing > the system is actualy doing security related tasks while > windows gives you an "illusion" of security with nagging > questions ... read some blogs related to VISTA security > or how its missing in action. XP is still 20- 30% faster > then VISTA and much more secure.
It's only an illusion if you click "OK" without thinking about what you're doing. If you logon as a non-administrative user, you have to enter administrative credentials. This is just like every other multi-user operating system. If you logon as an administrative user, you are prompted to click "OK" to perform actions that require administrative credentials. This is unlike XP; if you perform actions that require administrative credentials, and you're logged in as an administrator, XP will simply do whatever you told it to do (or whatever some program running within your security context told it to do). I don't see how that's much more secure. Now, the simple fact is that users shouldn't log in as administrators, but that's been the default behavior in the Windows world for a long time. Vista makes this behavior more secure than XP. Finally, I'm not going to say that Vista security is perfect or complete, but to say that it's "missing in action" requires some elaboration on your part. Ultimately, like any other existing OS, user-mode security boils down to the person at the keyboard. Vista is an improvement to XP simply because it runs user-mode processes at a less-privileged level. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270163 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
