I think you're trying to overcomplicate things. All I meant is that the
end-user normally runs as a non-privileged user and so any application they
run is going to run as a non-privileged user. Windows has had that ability
since the NT days, but has it really been usable? IME, no. Most applications
(other than Office) wanted to run as an admin, at least up until recent
vintages of Windows.

 

John-AldrichPerception_2

 

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix

 

And we need to define what he means by "userspace". as that infers that his
statement means he believes admin-owned processes run in. kernel space? 

 

If so, that's an incorrect understanding.

 

-sc

 

From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix

 

This is only one, tiny, aspect of implementing a security model (reading
Windows Internals by Russinovich/Solomon is highly recommended).

 

That said, Windows NT has had the same model since the first released
version (v3.1 back in 1993)

 

Cheers

Ken

 

From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:13 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix

 

Basically, that users are not admins and that everything runs in "userspace"
unless specifically run as an admin, including installation of software.

 

John-AldrichPerception_2

 

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 8:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix

 

What do you understand that model to be?

 

-sc

 

From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 3:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix

 

Not to start a flame war or anything, but I was under the impression that
Mac OS/X was significantly *more* secure than a comparable Windows machine,
due to the *nix security model? Asking for information here, trying to
learn, not trying to start  a Mac Vs. Windows thread (there are enough of
those, that I don't need to start one! <G>)

 

John-AldrichPerception_2

 

 

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