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April 22, 2004Security in Longhorn: Focus on Least PrivilegeMicrosoft has released an interesting article on a least privileged environment that is going to significantly increase the security of the "Longhorn" Windows platform. Get started today by writing managed code, first of all, and when building desktop applications, make them LUA (Limited Unit Application programming interface) compliant are steps Microsoft recommends for the platform. Longhorn promises to be a great platform for least privileged applications. Read the article and learn how to get started today by writing managed code. When building desktop applications, you can make them LUA compliant and then use the Windows Application Verifier to help check your work. If you care about the future of security on Longhorn, this is a good introductory article. Posted by SilverStr at April 22, 2004 01:56 PM | TrackBackComments
I thought LUA meanted 'limited user account', as in a non-administrator, non-power user - plain-vanilla regular user. Posted by: Stephen at April 22, 2004 11:11 PMWill Longhorn be backward compatible? Then I don't think a lot will change. If there's a layer that has to execute the old applications chances are the new paradigms will be picked up about 6-12 months after the release of Longhorn. Posted by: Axel at April 23, 2004 01:52 AMYes, LUA means Limited (or Least-Privileged) User Account. Posted by: Robert Hurlbut at April 23, 2004 11:32 AM |
 
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