This is only one, tiny, aspect of implementing a security model (reading Windows Internals by Russinovich/Solomon is highly recommended).
That said, Windows NT has had the same model since the first released version (v3.1 back in 1993) Cheers Ken From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix Basically, that users are not admins and that everything runs in "userspace" unless specifically run as an admin, including installation of software. [John-Aldrich][Perception_2] From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix What do you understand that model to be? -sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 3:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix Not to start a flame war or anything, but I was under the impression that Mac OS/X was significantly *more* secure than a comparable Windows machine, due to the *nix security model? Asking for information here, trying to learn, not trying to start a Mac Vs. Windows thread (there are enough of those, that I don't need to start one! <G>) [John-Aldrich][Perception_2] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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