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Information Technology News Microsoft will take years to open Vista kernel: analyst
Information Technology News Microsoft will take years to open Vista kernel: analyst | Microsoft will take years to open Vista kernel: analyst |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Friday, 20 October 2006 | |
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Microsoft has implemented a utility called Patchguard which locks up the operating system kernel and prevents access to it, without exception. The two leading security vendors insist that they need access to the kernel in order to build hooks into the system which will protect it from the inside out. Microsoft has said publicly that it will accede to the requests. However, McAfee says that, to date, Microsoft has only provided data pertaining to the security center and that it will only prevent Microsoft security alerts from appearing but not disable the dashboard. No information regarding Patchguard nor access to the kernel has been provided to date, according to the security vendors. McAfee, through it lawyer, issued a statement yesterday saying that the Microsoft has given little indication that it intends to live up to its promises. In any case, Gartner analyst Neil McDonald has published a research note saying that the changes needed to be made to meet the security vendors' demands will take years and not be available until 2008. |
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