Microsoft prefers to run its own products and services so when there is a need, they enhance their own products to fill that need. In the process they produce products that they can market as well. Their firewall product is a good example, they needed firewalls for MSN and other Internet services so they enhanced their Web cache service to include firewall capabilities.
It seems judging from the press releases and the number of security positions Microsoft has been hiring that Microsoft is intent on resolving the security issues with their products but it also looks like they intend to use that expertise to produce marketable products as well. It's going to be an up hill battle for them though. After Nimba and Red Code they definately lost a lot of customer confidence. -- Bill Stackpole, CISSP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mikael Olsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:36 AM Subject: Microsoft gets into the security arena? > > From > http://www.secadministrator.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=24695 > > "Microsoft has established a new Security Business Unit [which] > will develop a line of security products and solutions for desktops, > servers, and networks. [...] " > (Flame bait: ^^^^^^^^^ Is this where an "Uh oh" is appropriate?) > > (Can't find this release on microsoft.com though.. ?) > > -- > Mikael Olsson, Clavister AB > Storgatan 12, Box 393, SE-891 28 �RNSK�LDSVIK, Sweden > Phone: +46 (0)660 29 92 00 Mobile: +46 (0)70 26 222 05 > Fax: +46 (0)660 122 50 WWW: http://www.clavister.com > > "Senex semper diu dormit" > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
