Re: Intel gets into AV?

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:51:27 +0300, Nervox Nervox said:
> > virtualization technology—which can partition a PC to run different
> > types of software simultaneously—to set up a new type of security
> > checkpoint inside each machine. That checkpoint, which is expected to
> > be the first of its kind for client PCs when it arrives in vPro
>
> Wouldn't slow down the Pc in general?

95% of the PCs run Redmond quality bloatware to *start* with.  Obviously,
if they accepted all the performance hits from Win95 to Win98 to NT to...

Think - what CPU speed did you run Win95 on?  What will you need for Vista?  
How fast would Vista run on a Win95-class box?

And you're worried about the 10% performance hit from vmware?? :)
 
> Privacy ?Or every one forgot about that? Lets say it can be stired the
> other way around , an expoit that can lead to some sniffing you're
> traffic without any need of an OS exploit.

All your bits are belong to us.  Get used to it.  If you hit 'accept'
on the XP SP2 EULA you're screwed anyhow.

> Also wouldn't each ship/system/whatever have a guid ?Wouldn't that
> make a person tracable and some one somewhere would be able to follow
> you/know where you are at any moment (specially if they get on this
> with windows).

It still won't be as traceable as that RFID they'll be injecting in your butt
soon enough..... :)

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