Comments on: Community Outrage Over Unauthorized Windows Updates http://www.tonybradley.com/2007/09/community-outrage-over-unauthorized-windows-updates/ Computer Security In Plain English For Normal People Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:29:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Acker http://www.tonybradley.com/2007/09/community-outrage-over-unauthorized-windows-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Mike Acker Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:00:43 +0000 http://tonybradley.com/?p=22#comment-7 understanding this message is key to understanding the troubles in computer security today if you read essays on computer security, particularly related to public key systems ( PKI ) and certificate authorities ( CA ) you will quickly learn that you must protect your computer from un-authorized use and tampering. both from the physical security aspect (OPSEC) but also from the network/internet/communications (COMSEC) aspect adequate OPSEC is likely attainable for most individuals considering using their computer for electronic commerce but while microsoft continues to refuse to provide COMSEC their OS will continue to be unsafe to use for electronic commerce or for any business which requires COMSEC it's a sad state of affairs. the sooner the general public recognizes the severity of this issue the sooner we will get ourselves right. only after we get ourselves right will we be able to conduct our sensitive business electronically with reasonable confidence that we will not be robbed or compromised. understanding this message is key to understanding the troubles in computer security today

if you read essays on computer security, particularly related to public key systems ( PKI ) and certificate authorities ( CA ) you will quickly learn that you must protect your computer from un-authorized use and tampering. both from the physical security aspect (OPSEC) but also from the network/internet/communications (COMSEC) aspect

adequate OPSEC is likely attainable for most individuals considering using their computer for electronic commerce but while microsoft continues to refuse to provide COMSEC their OS will continue to be unsafe to use for electronic commerce or for any business which requires COMSEC

it’s a sad state of affairs. the sooner the general public recognizes the severity of this issue the sooner we will get ourselves right. only after we get ourselves right will we be able to conduct our sensitive business electronically with reasonable confidence that we will not be robbed or compromised.

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