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Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:47 PM

UAC - The Emperor's New Clothes

I heard a complaint the other day about UAC - User Account Control - that was new to me. Let's face it, as a Security MVP, I hear a lot of complaints about UAC - not least from my wife, who isn't happy with the idea that she can be logged on as...
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Friday, January 11, 2008 9:03 PM

Why you don't run as root

[... or administrator, or whatever] I like Roger Grimes, he's a nice guy, and he generally makes me think about what he has to say. That's a good thing, because otherwise he'd either be part of the same choir as me, or he'd be the sort...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:19 PM

WIP: Principles of Secure Software Development

This is a work-in-progress, but I'd like your opinions on it: Principles of Secure Software Development You're not that good - someone will find a hole in your software. Find as many as you can, first. You're still not that good - you didn't find all...
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Sunday, February 18, 2007 4:52 PM

Security Bulletins are easier to read in Japanese

It's "Patch Tuesday" again - and you're going to be spending a busy Valentine's day installing all of them. I'm not the first person to cover this - Steve Riley did it way back when, and Susan Bradley reminded us of it , but it's time to raise the point...
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Monday, November 27, 2006 10:14 PM

Developers are users, too.

Jesper and Steve like to talk about "users just want to see the naked dancing pigs ". What they mean is that when users have selected an action that they want to do, whether it's looking at a purported picture of a naked celebrity, or getting rich by...
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