[Am-info] MS: Secure computing is still a decade away

[Fred A. Miller]

"STILL, much of what Microsoft has worked on this past year to improve 
security won't really be seen until 2005 or so, when next-generation 
servers and applications become available. The most controversial of 
these forthcoming technologies is called Palladium, which would change 
the design of personal computers to include special security chips and 
secure memory.

Again, some see this as Microsoft trying to take control of everyone's 
computer. But those people are, frankly, nuts. Still, there are aspects 
of Palladium that bother me, and I remain concerned that it could be 
used to end the fair use of copyrighted content."

<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2909590,00.html>

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org