Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote:
<FLAMEBAIT>
Microsoft Windows security IS an OXYMORON. They may pay lip service to
security
with creeping security features (their implementation of ACL's is quite
technologically advanced, and .NET's security framework is really
admirable)
but they still DON'T GET security. I guess the bad decisions (graphics
routines
in the kernel, HTTP server as in-kernel - WTF?) accumulated since 15
years ago
is still haunting them. In fairness, the original NT design was good
on paper
:D
</FLAMEBAIT>
Here's a piece of trivia many do not know. The original Windows NT has
the acronym WNT which had been originally designed by Dave Cutler, the
person responsible for the design VMS, the operating system of VAX
(Fomerly DEC, renamed Digital, bought by Compaq, which terminated the
VAX line but continued the Alpha line, which in turn was bought by HP).
VMS has one of the most powerful ACL system, was designed with security
in mind and eventually integrated an RDBMS with the operating system
(RDB). WNT is actually one character shift from VMS (which took off
from Space Odyssey -- like IBM to HAL).
--
Kelsey Hartigan Go
Linux Registered User #5998
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