From: George Yobst (georgelincc.lib.or.us)
Date: Fri Mar 16 2007 - 15:25:32 CDT

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Ummm, hhheeelllooo. Given the MS security history, Genuine
Advantage (phone home), etc, would you really trust their
decisions and software? I, for one, will be running Wireshark
on any new MS implementations (when I get them). I do think
it's applaudable that they are trying to increase security,
but they have a long way to go yet (and trust is something
that needs to be demonstrated, not dictated).
-George
PS - At least we're not talking about Oracle ;-)

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Mark Litchfield wrote:

| I have heard the comment "It's a huge conflict of interest" for one company
| to provide both an operating platform and a security platform" made by John
| Thompson (CEO Symantec) many times from many different people. See article
| below.
|
| http://www2.csoonline.com/blog_view.html?CID=32554
|
| In my personal opinion, regardless of the vendor, if they create an OS, why
| would it be a conflict of interest for them to want to protect their own OS
| from attack. One would assume that this is a responsible approach by the
| vendor, but one could also argue that their OS should be coded securely in
| the first place. If this were to happen then the need for the Symantec's,
| McAfee's of the world would some what diminsh.
|
| Anyway I am just curious as to what other people think.
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| Mark
|
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