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August 2006 - Posts

Previous Post Created Using Windows Live Writer

Mostly, I stick to security topics here, but I want to take a moment and say "go get Windows Live Writer." If, like me, you've ever lost a blog entry or had to retype due to any sort of network or web problem, you'll appreciate this simple tool that helps Read More...
Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 7:59 PM by jrjones | 3 Comments

Where, oh Where, are Perfect Security Features?

In my recent exploration of Windows Vista x64 security features and Patchguard (see pt1 and pt2 ), one of the issues sent my thoughts in the direction of how "perfect" security feature are (or are not) and how that affected security value to customers. Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:59 PM by jrjones | 6 Comments
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Interview with Patchguard Architect Forrest Foltz (Windows Vista x64 Security - Patchguard follow up)

Here I am doing my thing, looking at some of the security improvements in Windows Vista x64 (see pt1 and pt2 ), when all of a sudden, Patchguard seems to be hot news . [NOTE: Readers, if you need more details on Patchguard, start with my previous post Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:51 PM by jrjones | 2 Comments

Windows Vista x64 Security – Pt 2 – Patchguard

NOTE: I know this is a long post. If you don’t want to read all the details I discuss here, I still encourage you to go read What Were They Thinking? Anti-Virus Software Gone Wrong , by Skywing, to give you a perspective on “known good” extensions to Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 12, 2006 12:10 AM by jrjones | 11 Comments

Windows Vista x64 Security - Pt 1

I recently took home a build of Windows Vista for my home machine, which happens to be a dual processor 64-bit Dell machine, and it made me curious about the differences between the x86 and x64 version of Vista – specifically security differences. After Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:45 AM by jrjones | 7 Comments
 
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