gal-sec ([info]gal_sec) wrote,
@ 2006-02-15 12:33:00
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Windows file ACL too complicated?
"Popular apps have mismanaged security" says recent research by a Princeton University team. What this reminds me is that the more complex software is the more security problems there are - both in terms of programming errors and configuration. (And by the way I always wondered why I just cannot turn off RPC service on my windows workstation).

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/020606-application-security.html?fsrc=rss-security
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/02/windows_access.html

Original paper: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf


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