Rootkits and bootloaders are a threat that cannot be addressed reasonably any other way. If you want to talk about lousy security on the inside, Windows cannot even hold a candle to the laughably-bad ICS's. Back in The Day I felt like I was the one who was wrong because I kept pointing out out horribly bad the security on PLC's and their related controllers are.
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Robert Sneidar <slylab...@me.com> wrote: > I get the sense that this is the philosophy towards security that > Microsoft executives have always made in respect to securing their OS and > software: Always take the shortest path between the problem and the golf > course. In this case it manifests itself by locking everything down so > tight the end user can hardly move, then putting up horror movie warnings > if the user tries to change anything. But fundamentally rethinking how they > write their software in the first place? Unthinkable!! > Bob > > > On Nov 26, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Mike Kerner wrote: > > > nearly as annoying, to those of us who have tried Windows 8, is that you > > can't just go to the store and get a Win 7 machine in most cases. You > have > > to order one. > > > > So, if you want to run Linux as your primary OS, the challenges mount. > > > > If you want to boot from a liveCD for your corporate banking, the > > challenges are even higher. > > > > Trying to do all three is....well....discouraged. > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.**php?issue=20121126#qa< > http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20121126#qa> > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode< > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > > On the second day, God created the oceans. > > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > > and did a little diving. > > And God said, "This is good." > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
