Sandboxing is not something that MS is looking to do with its technologies - in fact, MS does exactly the opposite. Tight integration with OS-level operations are a strong component of .NET and there is no indication that sandboxing is wanted at the OS level.
That said, sandboxing is already offered for ASP.NET applications via Code Access Security which prevents untrusted code from performing particular actions such as network calls, COM instantiation, and a lot of other things. IIS 7.0+ also offers non-AD users for non-anonymous access to web sites so there's no chance that such a user would be able to get in past IIS and access the AD using NTFS permissions. In your opnion, which parts of Windows need overhauling? >So the next Microsoft Office will be written in Javascript and HTML5? :-) > >All I'm concerned about is more stability at the OS level, and less >opportunity for malware infections. > >Did they ever implement the sandboxing of applications so that they are >separate from the core OS? > >Will this be faster and more responsive? > >Windows has been long overdue for a complete overhaul. But is this it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338858 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
