SECUR> SECURITY: Feds Push for Secure Systems

From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 08:13:31 -0600
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Feds Push for Secure Systems
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,864577,00.asp
In order to encourage the development and use of more secure software,
several federal agencies will speed up the paperwork involved in purchasing
such software. The strategy is also recommended in the National Strategy to
Secure Cyberspace final draft, according to eWeek. "Some government
agencies are getting special approval to bypass the purchasing process
because of the security of Windows Server 2003," said Susan Koehler, chief
Trustworthy Computing strategist at Microsoft. Windows Server 2003 is the
first product designed under Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative.
Some of the government's recommendations use verbatim language form Bill
Gates' Trustworthy Computing memo written in 2002.

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Civic Group Considers Pressing Charges Against Microsoft for Internet Crash
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200302/kt2003020318021611960.htm
People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) has said it is
considering filing a class action suit against Microsoft for the
Slammer/Sapphire worm which paralyzed the country's Internet servers on
January 25, 2003, by overflowing the network with traffic. The
Slammer/Sapphire worm exploits a known security vulnerability in MS SQL
Server 2000. The group plans to build its case on a product liability law
passed July 2002 that holds a manufacturer responsible for physical and
property damage caused by flaws in its product. More than 3,000 Internet
subscribers have signed up to take part in the class action suit.

Microsoft pulls NT patch
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/04/HNntpatchtwo_1.html?security
Microsoft has removed a security patch for Windows NT4, 2000, and XP from
its website, after two months of reports that the patch caused random
crashes on NT4. The patch was intended to fix a security hole that allowed
an adversary administrative privileges by taking advantage of interprocess
communication. Administrators faced a choice of a secure system that
randomly crashes, or a vulnerable but reliable system. The problems created
by the patch can be resolved by removing the patch. There have been no
problems reported for 2000 or XP. Microsoft plans to release an updated patch.

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