No Backdoor in Vista

mytrip wrote to mention a C|Net article stating that Vista will not have a security backdoor after all. From the article: "'The suggestion is that we are working with governments to create a back door so that they can always access BitLocker-encrypted data,' Niels Ferguson, a developer and cryptographer at Microsoft, wrote Thursday on a corporate blog. 'Over my dead body,' he wrote in his post titled Back-door nonsense."

is Niels Ferguson..

[Pavel Stratil]

going to die soon? (nothing personal)

Balmer Says...

[aragod]

I believe that can be arranged...

Ballmer to his secretary:

[Anonymous Coward]

- Get me Ferguson... tell him we're going hunting. Yes, hunting. With Cheney.

Dead Body?

[OverflowingBitBucket]

'Over my dead body,' he wrote

"Your terms are acceptable" reply the NSA.

Re:is Niels Ferguson..

[bj8rn]

Let's see. Your comment was modded redundant. This could mean that there's no point in asking this question, as Ferguson is going to die soon. At the same time, however, it could also mean "He's not going to die! Stop asking these stupid questions!" So I really don't know whether he is going to die soon or not. The information you (and the mods) have provided me with is insufficient to determine the this. Sorry.

Damn straight!

[Linegod]

Let the government wait a week for someone to find a backdoor, just like the rest of us....

No backdoor in Vista

[vandelais]

strangely silent on the topic of Internet Hearts.

Re:Prove it.

[Anonymous Coward]

I demand that you give me ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

Failure to give me one million dollars will be considered
an explicit admission by you that you rape babies.

There Are Ways of Making That Happen

[Anonymous Coward]

'Over my dead body,'

Better watch out for flying chairs, Mr. Ferguson.

No Backdoor in Vista

[Anonymous Coward]

microsoft operating systems begining with windows 95 have never really needed a backdoor, especially since the front door is left wide open.

Re:is Niels Ferguson..

[tomhudson]

People didn't get it ... he said it would happen ...

"Over my dead body"

We're talking Bush administration here. Talk about painting a target on your back! They'd WANT to get rid of anyone who can point a finger. Disposing of the body is no big deal.

Heck, they don't even have to "terminate with extreme sanction" any more. Just drop a hint to Balmer that he's going to work for google, and let a random chair take him out.

Speaking of which, if google wanted to throw up a few roadblocks, they could "hint/spread rumours/FUD" that a few critical microsoft developers have accepted/will accept/are in secret talks to accept to jump switch, and watch the body count in Redmond rise like the kill score in Alien 2, from the "pre-emptive kills".

Part of the quote is missing!

[TPS Report]

The suggestion is that we are working with governments to create a back door so that they can always access BitLocker-encrypted data,' Niels Ferguson, a developer and cryptographer at Microsoft, wrote Thursday on a corporate blog. 'Over my dead body,' he wrote in his post titled Back-door nonsense.

But they left out the rest of his quote.

Niels then put his feet up on the desk and went on to say, "Off the record, you should note my careful use of the word 'always' in the above sentence", he said, with a slight grin on his face. "Context is everything. If I allow them occasional or intermittent access, I'm still being honest, right?" Niels then laughed and pointed to his "Honorary member of the DoD" plaque on his office wall.

It will have a lot of security portals though

[smartin]

After all they don't call it windows for nothing.

Re:Ballmer to his secretary:

[iphayd]

Ballmer's going hunting with Cheney? That's the best news of the year.

"Over my dead body"

[ScrewMaster]

"Your proposal is acceptable."

Re: No Backdoor in Vista

[Anonymous Coward]

This should have read:

Microsoft operating systems have never really needed a back door since the WINDOWS were left wide open.

It's way funnier that way.

Correction

[Opportunist]

There won't be a backdoor in Vista that they KNOW about. I bet they'll manage to build some in unintentionally.

I mean, why should it be different in Vista than it was 'til now?

He'll give him 'The Chair'...

[Shark]

... as it is common Microsoft lore that Balmer can be deadly with furniture.

Re:Right.

[Reziac]

Somehow this reminds me of the old joke,

"REAL programmers use COPY CON PROGRAM.ZIP"

Re:Right.

[uradu]

Well, I don't know either Niels or Bruce, but I trained Bruce's dog to fetch when it was still a puppy, and I will take this association as sufficient to assure me of Bruce's dog's owner's ex-associate's honest intent.

Re:is Niels Ferguson..

[gnarlin]

Steve Balmer, in the converence room, with the chair!