Re: [ISN] Security gurus welcome Microsoft's goal

From: InfoSec News (isnat_private)
Date: Sat Jan 19 2002 - 20:58:48 PST

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    Forwarded from: edison <edisonat_private>
    
    On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, InfoSec News wrote:
    
    > http://news.com.com/2100-1001-817849.html
    > 
    > ...
    >  
    > A memo from Chairman Bill Gates, leaked Wednesday, exhorted Microsoft
    > employees to make the company's products more secure and stated that a
    > new initiative, which Gates called "Trustworthy Computing," is now the
    > software giant's top priority.
    > 
    > The initiative, Gates wrote, aims to make computing and the Internet
    > "as available, reliable and secure as electricity, water services and
    > telephony."
    
    Heh.  As secure as telephony!  He needs to pick an analogy that's
    _not_ one of a hacker's favorite playgrounds.
    
    
    
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