well,

here is another Vista post, this time about symbolic links:
Sym links

As the post says symlinks have been in Unix systems for a long time. and they have had there fair share of issues. and I am sure Vista and upcomming longhorn will too.

-Nex6

Windows security,

I see lots of posts online involving Windows security. And, some are not that flatering. but the truth be told, Windows Security has a lot to offer. like:
you have local and domain Policys and can not only help secure your machine. but control, which rights users have inlcuding 'access this computer form the network'

The right 'access this computer form the network' by defualt has 'everyone' in it. if you remove this right then no-one can connect to your PC, even if you turn the firewall off.

windows main problem is """backwards compatibility"""" Microsoft has the best backwards compatibility of any vender. now on one hand thats a good thing, on the other: it can be bad, as design descions you made 20 years ago when security was a different game come back to haunt you. :)

malware:

alot gets said, about windows and malware/Virus's. some say, well its cuz windows is more populer. And others say cuz windows is full of holes.

I think the truth is a little of both and then some:
for one, I think Windows *IS* the biggest target by far not only that, windows has very strong compatibility. And that makes windows very very desireable too write and research malware for.

in addition to that, there are pretty good tools *for* writting malware and Virus's on Windows. and with backwards compatibility ensuring your new shiny code will run on every box. you can see why is this a problem.

now on Vitsa, Microsoft has UAC which wil help alot with this. I am sure there will be updates to UAC. as all the feedback goes into microsft. and then they will work on some updates to it. we will have to see what happens in the future.


a secure working enviroment:
if as a user you wanted a secure working enviroment. you have a pretty good machine say a core2 with 2 GB ram.

*make sure you dont have your machine directly connected to the internet use a router of some kind

*use a webmail service for email: like yahoo,gmail or hotmail.

* stay away from untrusted stuff and sites.

*use antivirus and 100% updated at all times

*make sure your machine is 100% patched.

*use some of the security stuff that comes with windows, like: in local security Policy, access this computer from then network' and remove all groups and users except administrators. also set a password to your account and to administrator and all other accounts you create.

*in local security policy set auditing to at least fialures for all policys.

*install virtualPC 2007, and install XP or 2k in it that you had before, once you have a solid setup. make a copy of it. do not save anything in this VM(virtual machine) use this for stuff thats questionable, if it blows up your PC, delete the VM and restore the copy, simple. :)

*do not install anything on your PC, no google bar or anthing thing. all those search bars and all kinds of crap you have. who knows where it comes from and some of them are infested.


thats it for now



-Nex6

Reserved file names and Vista

Here is a pretty good post:
Reserved file names and Vista
It talks about reserved file names and Vista, has some decent info.



-Nex6

TRON ordered to be surrendered

Its Pretty funny that after 25 yeats and lots of permits that:

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2007/3/28/132751/380

 

 

will Happen,  whats next wargames? war games shows hacking so lets scope it up and burn it. oh, and

while where at it. how about: hackers, goodfellas, and james bond movies along with all the mission impossible movies.

 

sheeesh.....thats takes the cake.

 

 

 

 

-Nex6