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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:30:54 -0500
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On 7/23/2024 11:27 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:56:32 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
> <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:01:25 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>
>>> xkcd: CrowdStrike
>>>      https://www.xkcd.com/2961/
>>>
>>> Make the best of bad times.
>>>
>>> Explained at:
>>>      https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>
>> Was anybody here affected by the CrowdStrike Thing?
>> My nephew's wife flew to Europe that day without incident.
> 
> Not here. But then, I don't do that much on the Web. And I use Windows
> 10's security, which was not affected.
> 
> I saw an article where Microsoft was blaming the EU for forcing them
> to allow 3rd-party access to the Kernal, which they claim is what
> enabled the update to do bad things. If that is true, they may have a
> point.

“Microsoft wants to make future CrowdStrike outages impossible, and it 
could mean big changes for security software:
 
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-wants-to-make-future-crowdstrike-outages-impossible-and-it-could-mean-big-changes-for-security-software

“Microsoft appears to want to shift away from security software having 
kernel access on Windows 11, though the company hasn’t said that outright.”

Sounds like a good idea. And fix all of the other kernel holes while 
they are at it.

Lynn