WINDOWS VISTA
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Windows Vista the successor to Windows XP released to business users on ... only vulnerability fixed affecting Windows Vista in the first 90 days. ...
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WINDOWS VISTAPage 1Jeff Jones Security Bloghttp://blogs.csoonline.com/blog/jeff_j oneshttp://blogs.technet.com/securityMarch 21 2007 2007 Jeffrey R. Jones All Rights Reserved Jones onSecurityWINDOWS VISTA90 DAY VULNERABILITY REPORTBy Jeffrey R. JonesSecurity GuyPage 2Jeff Jones Security Bloghttp://blogs.csoonline.com/blog/jeff_j oneshttp://blogs.technet.com/securityMarch 21 2007 2007 Jeffrey R. Jones All Rights Reserved Jones onSecurityContentsExecutive Summary................................... .......2The Security Researcher Ecosystem ...............3Windows Vista The First 90 Days ................3Vulnerability Fixes..................................... ...3Vulnerability Disclosures.............................3O ther Modern Operating Systems .................4Windows XP........................................ ..........4Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Workstation ..5RHEL4WS Reduced Component Set.......5Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ......................................... 6Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 6Apple Mac OS X v10.4 ..................................7The Comparison Putting it All Together ....7EXECUTIVE SUMMARYFebruary 28thmarked 90 days that WindowsVista had been available to businesscustomers. December brought the firstpublic disclosure of a vulnerability and February brought the first Security Bulletinaffecting Windows Vista. Has it been a good or a bad 90 days for security vulnerabilities?This brief paper analyzes the vulnerability disclosures and fixes for Windows Vista and looks at it in the context of its predecessor Windows XP along with several othermodern workstation operating systemsincluding Red Hat Ubuntu Novell and Apple products.The results of the analysis show thatWindows Vista has an improved security vulnerability profile over its predecessor and a significantly better profile relative to comparable modern competitive operating systems.Page 3Jeff Jones Security Bloghttp://blogs.csoonline.com/blog/jeff_j oneshttp://blogs.technet.com/security Copyr ...
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