Hi Kyle - The following is courtesy of Larry Samuels, MVP
:

"The details of WinFS security are here:
http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/l...SSecurity.aspx

In the PDC release, the security model is not implemented. The proposed
security model uses ACLs on items in the store and when a user attempts to
access an item the system will perform a check against the user's Windows
access token. Thus, if you have permission (explicitly for your account, or
through a groups that you are a member of) then you'll get access to the
item. As to the idea of a virus harvesting contacts - this assumes that the
virus can run under an account that has the permission to access contact
items. Thus the emphasis is to prevent rogue code from running on a system
under a priviledge account, and this is where .NET code access security
comes in - downloaded code should not have the permission to access the
store.


Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone"


Also, you can find additional Longhorn-related info/links here:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/longhorn.htm


--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In news:lkcupv4t32gp2f323n3ktb9sblembpbuhe@4ax.com,
Kyle Thomas Pope <kurokyle@notmail.spam.not.com> typed:
> With Microsoft pushing its next iteration of Windows, codenamed
> Longhorn, is there any information as to what security and privacy
> problems this new OS will pose? I realize that any facts regarding
> Longhorn are pretty thin at the moment given the secrecy surrounding
> the project but I have to worry given MS's previous track record in
> these areas combined with the whole TCPA/Palladium dust-up of not too
> long ago. Windows XP was a major step towards usurping control of PCs
> from their users and I have to imagine Longhorn is going to continue
> the trend.
>
> So are there any Microsoft moles out there who can address this
> question?
>
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