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Microsoft to review old Windows code
In an effort to keep its customers secure following the recent Windows source code leaks, the software giant has turned to the lessons it learned while taking a two month hiatus in early 2002 to clean house and eliminate insecure code from Windows.
[blockquote]"This code did go through the quality control process of its day before its release, which was a number of years ago. Since then, there have been numerous improvements in the security process, and code has continually been reviewed and updated for security," a Microsoft spokesperson told BetaNews. "In this case, in order to help ensure our customers are not impacted by the release of this source code, we are reviewing it again."
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[blockquote]"This code did go through the quality control process of its day before its release, which was a number of years ago. Since then, there have been numerous improvements in the security process, and code has continually been reviewed and updated for security," a Microsoft spokesperson told BetaNews. "In this case, in order to help ensure our customers are not impacted by the release of this source code, we are reviewing it again."
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[link=http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1077243942]The full article[/link] - [link=http://www.short-media.com/comment.php?956]Related news[/link]
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