RE: [Dev-C++] Longhorn

[Ioannis V. <iv...@at...>]

"Q: What's with this Palladium stuff I keep hearing about?

A: One of the most exciting aspects of Longhorn is its optional =
integration
with Palladium, Microsoft's technology for realizing its Trustworthy
Computing vision. Palladium is basically a secure run-time environment =
for
Windows and other operating systems that allows a coming generation of
software applications and services to protect the end user from privacy
invasion, outside hacking, spam, and other electronic attacks. Palladium
requires special hardware security chips and microprocessors (which will =
be
made by Intel and AMD) and doesn't interfere with the normal operation =
of
the PC. That is, Palladium-based PCs will still operate normally, =
working
with legacy operating systems and applications. But specially-made =
Palladium
applications and services will offer a range of features of =
functionality
not found in the non-Palladium world, and if the initiative is =
successful,
we'll one day be running only Palladium-based software.

If you're familiar with the .NET model, you might be aware of the notion =
of
"managed" and "non-managed" (or legacy) code. Palladium will institute a
similar model for PC software, where a trusted execution mode is used =
for
Palladium applications and services and the old, "untrusted" mode is =
used
for legacy code.

Microsoft designed Palladium around the following ideals:=20

Palladium will tell you who you're dealing with online, and what they're
doing. It will uniquely identify you to your PC and can limit what =
arrives
(and runs on) that computer. Information that comes in from the Internet
will be verified before you can access it.=20
Palladium protects information using encryption to seal data so that =
"snoops
and thieves are thwarted." The system can maintain document integrity so
that documents can't be altered without your knowledge.=20
Palladium stops viruses and worms. The system won't run unauthorized
programs, preventing viruses from trashing your system.=20
Palladium stops spam. Spam will be stopped before it even hits your =
email
inbox. Unsolicited mail that you might actually want to receive will be
allowed through if it has credentials that meet your user-defined =
standards.

Palladium safeguards privacy. In addition to the system's ability to =
seal
data on your PC, Palladium can also seal data sent across the Internet =
using
software agents that ensure the data reaches only the proper people.
Newsweek reports that the agent has been nicknamed "My Man," a goof on =
".NET
My Services," "My Documents," and other similar names at Microsoft.=20
Palladium controls information after it's sent from your PC. Using =
Digital
Rights Management (DRM) technology, Palladium can be used to securely
distribute music, movies, and other intellectual property securely over =
the
Internet. Movie studios and the recording industry could use this =
technology
to let their customers exercise their fair use rights to copy audio CDs =
and
movies, for example. "It's a funny thing," says Bill Gates. "We came at =
this
thinking about music, but then we realized that e-mail and documents =
were
far more interesting domains." Gates says that Palladium could ensure =
that
email designated as private could not be forwarded or copied to other
people, for example. Or, the Newsweek reports reads, "you could create =
Word
documents that could be read only in the next week. In all cases, it =
would
be the user, not Microsoft, who sets these policies."=20

You can find out more about Palladium in my WinInfo article, Microsoft's
Secret Plan to Secure the PC, which was written when this initiative was
first revealed. But I will add this now: There is a ton of =
misinformation
about Palladium out there on the Net ("It will require proprietary =
Microsoft
changes to TCP/IP," "It won't run on Linux," and other similar =
claptrap),
but most of that is completely untrue. People fear what they don't
understand, but Palladium is about securing the PC, plain and simple."





Ioannis Vranos
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Per Westermark [mailto:pw...@ia...]=20
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 4:35 PM
> To: Ioannis Vranos
> Cc: dev...@li...
> Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] Longhorn
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> I don't think too many end users thinks of Palladium as=20
> exciting. A lot of
> smaller software developers will also get in trouble because=20
> of Palladium.
> If they can't afford to run Safe then they can't deliver=20
> software. If M$
> on the other hand gives away Palladium SDK for free, all=20
> virus developers
> will then support Palladium too, completely negating any use=20
> of Palladium.
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> /Per W
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> On Thu, 8 May 2003, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dev...@li...
> > > [mailto:dev...@li...] On=20
> Behalf Of iad929
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 5:12 AM
> > > To: dev...@li...
> > > Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Longhorn
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> > > To add something, This new version of Windows will be=20
> called Trusted
> > > Windows.
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> >
> >
> > That's Palladium (Trustworthy Computing) , not Longhorn=20
> (which will be
> > included in Longhorn). Palladium is a safe execution=20
> environment. The
> > software will run in safe and unsafe mode.
> >
> >
> > "But future Windows versions promise to be even more=20
> exciting. The next
> > major desktop Windows release, code-named Longhorn, is due=20
> in 2005 and will
> > include Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing (Palladium)=20
> architectural changes,
> > as well as a new 3D video-driven user interface and a SQL=20
> Server-based file
> > system called Windows Future Storage (WinFS). The next=20
> Windows Server
> > release, code-named Blackcomb, will likely ship a few years=20
> after Longhorn."
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> > Ioannis Vranos
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> > * Programming pages: http://www.noicys.freeurl.com
> > * Alternative URL 1: http://run.to/noicys
> > * Alternative URL 2: http://www.noicys.cjb.net
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