People like this just frost me: Security considered a burden for users

Here we go again....

Security Minded - from Kai the Security Guy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:58:59 GMT

Again, please correct me if this recent report seems to be a bit self-serving. The jist of this report

re: People like this just frost me: Security considered a burden for users

ljuvefreya — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:11:38 GMT

As a long time MacOS X user, I don't find UAC to be more annoying than it is in OS X for normal business tasks. For power admin tasks, it comes up in both systems, with OS X also asking for admin rights for system updates.

I truly believe that a system like OS X su-ing and Vistas UAC is the best moderate approach to handle security controls.

What I would like would like to see would be a kind of "Help" or info link FROM the elevation dialog. Ideally, this would not use the windows help system but build on the Secure Desktop to promote a box that indicates:

- Who signed the executable, if any

- Is it a Microsoft OS bundled executable or a later installed component either from Microsoft or other vendors?

- More information about how people should make educated choices.

But DO NOT COMPROMISE on UAC!

Keep up the good work to make Vista a more secure platform, and kudos for bundling NFS services with Vista. Now its even easier to network with MacOS X and Solaris.

Security Frosting

Full of I.T. — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:42:48 GMT

I was attending my son's swim meet last night (Go Wayzata !). They happened to be taking on my old school

Don't "Frost" Kai Axford - UAC revisited

Keith Combs' Blahg — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:17:09 GMT

I've worked with Kai directly for a number of years. He doesn't get all riled up easily. But he does

A couple of interesting security blog posts

Michael Howard's Web Log — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:12:03 GMT

Jeff has an uncanny ability to dig into details that most folks gloss over: Exposed? : Examining Secunia