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Re: Microsoft Patents the "sudo" command
From: "Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:25:52 -0500
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/New-Microsoft-patent-may-put- Linux-security-components-at-risk-857848.html
From the article:
This behaviour is very similar to that of PolicyKit, with the only apparent difference being that PolicyKit requires applications to request privileges, whereas the 7,617,350 patent allows the operating system to block a privileged action and then offer the user a way to raise their privileges.
I'm not a fan of software patents, but this seems to be a meaningful difference. Apps aren't written for Windows to request privilege elevation and a system which handles it automatically is a better one. And as the article says, the claim in the subject line of this thread is nonsense. It's obvious to anyone who reads the patent, which is a very short one. Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry_seltzer () ziffdavis com http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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