full-disclosure - Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised

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Message-ID: <ba3b5a380902061002g712c4d55g25aecaca187389de@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:02:56 -0600
From: Miller Grey <vigilantgregorius@...il.com>
To: Andy McKnight <andy.mcknight@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised

...knowing all this, how does it get fixed?  What is the proper way for MS
to enforce UAC?

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Andy McKnight <andy.mcknight@...il.com>wrote:

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> 2009/2/6 Ureleet <ureleet@...il.com>
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>> doesnt this work for other oses?
>
>
> Windows is different in this respect.  The number of Windows users who
> don't know/care (or *want* to know) what goes on under the hood is *huge*.
> As long as their current setup allows them to *do their job* then they're
> not going to buy into any upgrade that risks breaking that.  That's what's
> important to them.
>
> The biggest driver behind upgrading a Windows OS isn't a new release, or
> security improvements or a fancy GUI.  It's hardware replacement.  Even this
> was/is stretched with XP with the extended shipment dates and various
> downgrade options you can *still* get on new boxes.
>
> The only people that can really force app developers to change overnight*
> and code for a new, secure Windows OS mostly don't care about it.  That
> leaves Microsoft to try and drip feed gradual change that improves the
> situation without rocking the boat.
>
> *relatively.
>
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