| Microsoft poses danger to national security, claims expert panel |
Sep. 24, 2003
A warning that Microsoft's "security practices" and market dominance threatens desktop computing was issued from the Computer & Communications Industry Association today. A report, detailing the risk, was unveiled during a conference of industry experts and top government officials in Washington DC.
According to a statement issued by the CCIA, "The authors found that the tight integration that makes Microsoft's software excessively complex and vulnerable also fortifies -- intentionally on Microsoft's part -- the dominance of Microsoft software in desktop computing. This monopoly presence ensures not only that Microsoft will continue to be the number one target of malicious viruses, worms, and other attacks, but that those attacks will have rapid and broad effects."
The principal author of the report, Daniel Geer, Sc.D., a long-time security consultant and CTO of consulting firm @Stake comments that, "Microsoft's efforts to deny interoperability of Windows with legitimate non-Microsoft applications have created an environment in which Microsoft programs interoperate efficiently only with Internet viruses."
The report is available here. (.pdf file)
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