![]() ![]() Of course, in reality, they don't go after XP. It's not what it used to be but even a year ago XP was a hugely popular OS. They go after XP because it has a large market share and it doesn't make use of the latest technologies. And interesting that in a previous post, you said that hackers go after XP because "XP has large market share". That you said the declining number of flaws found in XP is due to its declining market share. I expect Java to increase drastically (Java 7 is coming out and does not remove Java 6, meaning users will have two Javas installed if they don't know to remove the old version) as Flash exploit cost is driven up drastically. Right now Java is statistically the most exploited program but Flash is in second. More on topic, I think it will be interesting to see how this effects the threat landscape. Linux: If I run a user program and it asks for Admin rights I can give it those rights but still restrict it through chroot jail or LSM. ![]() Windows: If I run a low integrity program and it asks for Admin rights it's now high integrity. Either way you get a popup saying "Hey, give me access to stuff." The main difference is that. I mean, of course, XSS protection is a great thing I'm just not sure if I prefer it to how Firefox would handle it natively because I know little about how either policies work. I don't know the details of NoScripts XSS protection. ![]()
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