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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 08:36:31 -0700
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On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:30:54 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>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:
>>=20
>>> 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.
>>=20
>> Not here. But then, I don't do that much on the Web. And I use Windows
>> 10's security, which was not affected.
>>=20
>> 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.
>
>=93Microsoft wants to make future CrowdStrike outages impossible, and it=
=20
>could mean big changes for security software:
>=20
>https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-wants-=
to-make-future-crowdstrike-outages-impossible-and-it-could-mean-big-chang=
es-for-security-software
>
>=93Microsoft appears to want to shift away from security software having=
=20
>kernel access on Windows 11, though the company hasn=92t said that =
outright.=94
>
>Sounds like a good idea. And fix all of the other kernel holes while=20
>they are at it.

But will the EU allow it?

I suppose they could do two versions, one for the EU and the other for
sane [1] areas.=20

The EU could enjoy a Windows subject to assault by poorly-programmed
alternatives to Windows utilities/subsystems. The Rest of Us could
keep on using our computers. Well, except when Microsoft blunders, of
course.

[1] For a meaning of "sane" restricted to "believes restricting access
to the kernal is a good idea".
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"