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On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 12:31:12PM -0400, Chris Devers wrote: > Wow, they listen! > > <http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,120314,00.asp>; > <http://not-it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/08/147237&threshold=5>; > > Maybe. We'll see... Microsoft claims that LUA will make life tougher for hackers and virus writers by limiting access to administrator permissions on Windows systems. Place your bets, folks. Future headline: "Microsoft sues lua.org for trademark infringment". Widely accepted within the software development community, least permissions has often been overlooked in recent years as operating system and application software companies have worked to make using software easier I hate software technology writers, particularly ones in trade rags like PC World where the universe stops at C:\. Overlooked in recent years, except by legions of screaming Unix sysadmins and security experts! NEWS FLASH! MICROSOFT SLAPS TLA ONTO OBVIOUS SECURITY POLICY! CLAIMS THEY INVENTED IT! Other changes will allow developers to create per-user installations of applications, with user-specific settings saved in the My Programs folder, rather than a globally accessible program files directory that requires administrative permissions to change, according to documents and presentations on Microsoft's Web page. Welcome to 1979, Microsoft. Glad you could make it.There's stuff above here
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