Comments on: Security Worked in the Election; Will It Work for Vista? http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2592 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: workathome http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2592#comment-54663 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:24:00 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2592#comment-54663 workathome <a href="http://workathome.mycv.tv/" rel="nofollow">workathome</a> workathome workathome

]]> by: David Johnston http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2592#comment-10471 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:23:40 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2592#comment-10471 I think the question should be just how vulnerable will Vista be compared to other OS's. There's no doubt in my mind that Vista will have security holes, but as everyone knows MacOS and Unix/Linux also have security holes that they've patched. Needing to input your password to install software is actually one of the things that makes OS X, etc. so "secure". It prevents programs from automatically installing themselves. Since Vista will feature this, I think it will be more secure than XP in that regard. Of course, it's not like Windows XP is that insecure if you sit behind a router with a firewall, disable unnecessary services (especially network services), user Firefox or Opera, and of course use your common sense. I think the question should be just how vulnerable will Vista be compared to other OS’s. There’s no doubt in my mind that Vista will have security holes, but as everyone knows MacOS and Unix/Linux also have security holes that they’ve patched. Needing to input your password to install software is actually one of the things that makes OS X, etc. so “secure”. It prevents programs from automatically installing themselves. Since Vista will feature this, I think it will be more secure than XP in that regard. Of course, it’s not like Windows XP is that insecure if you sit behind a router with a firewall, disable unnecessary services (especially network services), user Firefox or Opera, and of course use your common sense.

]]> by: Lockergnome's Tech News Watch http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2592#comment-10470 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:02:30 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2592#comment-10470 <strong>Security Worked in the Election; Will It Work for Vista?</strong> Security worked in the Presidential election. Now it looks like this will be the selling point, or at least one of them, for Windows Vista. Read More on Windows Vista and Selling Points Here... Security Worked in the Election; Will It Work for Vista?

Security worked in the Presidential election. Now it looks like this will be the selling point, or at least one of them, for Windows Vista. Read More on Windows Vista and Selling Points Here…

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