In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ben Laurie writes: >"Trei, Peter" wrote: >> Windows XP at least checks for drivers not signed by MS, but >> whose security this promotes is an open question. > >Errr ... surely this promotes MS's bottom line and no-one's security? It >is also a major pain if you happen to want to write a device driver, of >course. >
Microsoft? See their view of how to deal with security at http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171173.html -- I wonder if they think it should apply to crypto research, too? Of course, why should I be surprised at this? Some crypto research is already banned by the DMCA; why not ban even more? --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb Full text of "Firewalls" book now at http://www.wilyhacker.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]