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Windows Vista Security debate rages on
Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Microsoft responded this week to criticism by several security firms that the forthcoming 
PatchGuard functionality, which limits access to the 64 bit Vista kernel by malicious as well as legitimate code, is an anti competitive move.
Security firms McAfee and Symantec, the owner of SecurityFocus, have both ramped up their criticism of Microsoft in the past two weeks. In July, security firm Agnitum made similar criticisms in a report on the coming Vista technology. The companies’ products patch the Windows kernel to some extent to enforce their own security model on Window XP systems, but that same software mechanism will not be able to be used in the future. Windows Vista Security debate rages on
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