Comments on: Windows Vista was hacked, so what! http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-vista-was-hacked-so-what/ For Windows Administrators Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:01:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Michael http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-vista-was-hacked-so-what/comment-page-1/#comment-927 Michael Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:16:16 +0000 http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-vista-was-hacked-so-what/#comment-927 Jim, I don’t know of any statistics related to this issue. However, it sounds quite reasonable to me that the probability of finding any kind of bug gets bigger the more people use an OS. As the number of Vista users is now limited, I would expect lots of patches shortly after Vista is released. I also think that if you don’t add new features to an OS and just concentrate on fixing bugs and security holes, it will get more and more difficult to find new vulnerabilities. If you continue this for a longer time, the OS will be more or less without any security holes. However, Microsoft is unlikely to do that. I am quite sure that they will make major changes to Vista soon after its release. Jim, I don’t know of any statistics related to this issue. However, it sounds quite reasonable to me that the probability of finding any kind of bug gets bigger the more people use an OS. As the number of Vista users is now limited, I would expect lots of patches shortly after Vista is released.

I also think that if you don’t add new features to an OS and just concentrate on fixing bugs and security holes, it will get more and more difficult to find new vulnerabilities. If you continue this for a longer time, the OS will be more or less without any security holes. However, Microsoft is unlikely to do that. I am quite sure that they will make major changes to Vista soon after its release.

]]> By: Jim http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-vista-was-hacked-so-what/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Jim Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:22:33 +0000 http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-vista-was-hacked-so-what/#comment-911 I have two different views relating to this. One, I have no problem that they hacked the OS. It's still in beta. MS claims they already have corrected the exploit but if they hadn't, they are aware of it now and I'm sure will correct it. Two, the comments that this Preston guy made are some of the most out of touch comments in my eyes that I've heard in some time. It sounds more like fanboy talk. If you simply rereleased XP with a different name and added a patch or two, it would be more secure than XP was. Duh! The rule of thumb is more towards the opposite of Preston is claiming. The longer an OS gets out into the hands that look for this stuff, the more likely exploits get found. That does not mean that there won't be a slew of fixes when released but it won't be due to this warped logic he's using. I have two different views relating to this.

One, I have no problem that they hacked the OS. It’s still in beta. MS claims they already have corrected the exploit but if they hadn’t, they are aware of it now and I’m sure will correct it.

Two, the comments that this Preston guy made are some of the most out of touch comments in my eyes that I’ve heard in some time. It sounds more like fanboy talk. If you simply rereleased XP with a different name and added a patch or two, it would be more secure than XP was. Duh!

The rule of thumb is more towards the opposite of Preston is claiming. The longer an OS gets out into the hands that look for this stuff, the more likely exploits get found. That does not mean that there won’t be a slew of fixes when released but it won’t be due to this warped logic he’s using.

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