Actually I think M$ did something that is very similar to *nix type permissions when Vista came out. The thing is that most people probably don't know how to use it. I just recovered the files off a guys computer that was infected with a virus and all his file folders disappeared. His password was kitty (his wife's choice) Now when you are in vista, 7 or up, you can't do administration tasks without the administrator password. The problem is that most people use a password like Kitty or Scorpio. At least that's what I usually find when someone comes to me when they need their laptop reinstalled.
Of course it would be much more powerful security if they used owner, user and group, but if people don't have enough sense to use a password stronger than kitty, then forget it. M$ works relentlessly to give all the hackers a roadmap to their OS vulnerabilities the second Tuesday of every month. If they educated people about passwords, they could be much more effective. I tend to think that they don't want to do that, because it creates a whole new industry. Well actually at least a couple of new industries if you count the hackers too. I think those industries create a lot of revenue for M$ too. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hilarious. If M$ started using *nix type permissions, would they be > violating the GPL or the BSD? I wonder what keeps they from proper > security. > > Chris... > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Ann <a...@randrinc.com> wrote: > > Well if you think about the fact that pc's that are never used don't get > > viruses then it must be 100% our fault. If we did not use the pc, it > > would not get a virus LOL. > > > > > > David Kaiser wrote: > >> http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/12/technology/microsoft_security/index.htm > >> > >> PC viruses are mostly your fault, Microsoft says > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LinuxUsers mailing list > >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Ann Richmond > > ---------------- > > Randr Inc > > 951-369-3427 > > 951-787-8683 Fax > > www.randrinc.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
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