Windows Vista's new network code vulnerable?

Filed under: Security, Windows, Microsoft, Symantec

One of the many Windows Vista features Microsoft is eagerly touting is its networking code, which has been re-built from the ground up and promises superior performance to XP networking. Considering all the legacy cruft in Microsoft's products, fresh new code seems like something the be happy about, but according to CNet, Symantec feels otherwise. According to the networking company, scrapping the old "tried and tested code" and writing it anew has introduced fresh vulnerabilities and instabilities which its researches have observed in beta versions of the operating system. Microsoft calls Symantec's analysis is premature and that it does not accurate reflect the maturity of the product when it finally ships.

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