Last July, I discussed how Windows Vista™ was one of the mostimportant technologies that we would see in 2007. Last year, SymantecAdvanced Threat Research released four research papers on the then betaversion of Windows Vista. These papers provided a security analysis ofthe new Windows Vista network stack, user-mode security defenses,kernel-mode security technologies, and the Teredo protocol—a key IPv6over IPv4 transition technology in Vista. Being one of the firstthird-party assessments on the progression of Windows Vista security,these papers were extremely well received in the technology industry.
Fast forward to today, and Windows Vista has now been released tobusinesses and consumers alike. Throughout its release, Symantec hastracked the evolution of Vista very closely and continued to assess itspotential in defeating today’s attackers. We’ve documented our findingsin a series of six research papers that are being released in thecourse of the next week. The goal of this...
