13 November 2006
Pagefile Attack Protection at a Great Cost
In Vista RC2 they have fixed the issue that allows for pagefile attacks, but with the way they implemented the fix, it will cause more difficulty than good. Their method has been to block raw disk access from usermode software, which prevents any third-party applications such as un-deleters and disk editors from functioning. For complete information on the issue, please visit the invisiblethings blog.
It seems that as of late, Microsoft has been obtaining their security by locking out legitimate companies from creating software to run on Vista. With this new policy, I think I preferred the not so secure Windows with a very good firewall and anti-virus. This seems more like tyranny than it does security.
It seems that as of late, Microsoft has been obtaining their security by locking out legitimate companies from creating software to run on Vista. With this new policy, I think I preferred the not so secure Windows with a very good firewall and anti-virus. This seems more like tyranny than it does security.
