[Bush2000]

Good to hear you say. I think the same will be true for security eventually. It may be the major software vendors or it may be with extending the security fence by ISPs or some combination. But I don't think the current security cost/vulnerability situation will continue indefinitely.

According to the press reports, Longhorn will have a big emphasis on security: restricted accounts by default, sandboxed IE, etc. Should be interesting...

[D-fendr]

restricted accounts by default

I don't get why this wasn't the way before. Why not turn on vulnerabilities instead of having to know all the doors to close?

sandboxed IE

Help me out a bit on this one. My (quite limited) understanding is that IE is the GUI or a required dll for the GUI, and that this one of the main reasons IE exploits have such damaging capability.

Anywhere near correct?