“The man who receives more complaints about the security of
Microsoft’s software than anyone on the planet vowed Monday that
the company’s products are improving in quality and will continue
to become more secure.“
“In particular, Whistler, the planned next version of Windows
2000 for business users and consumers, is due to show the results
of several security-improvement initiatives that are now in the
works at Microsoft, said Steve Lipner, manager of the company’s
Security Response Center.”
“Lipner’s comments at a security summit for officials from
industry, government, and academia came in the wake of a series of
disclosures about security holes in Microsoft’s products. For
example, Microsoft last week said it was working to fix potentially
dangerous holes in both its Outlook e-mail software and its
Internet Explorer browser.”
“Lipner told attendees at the Cyber Security Summit, sponsored
by Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for Survivable Systems,
that the Microsoft response center typically receives from 10 to
100 messages per day from users who are reporting security
problems. “But recently, it’s been closer to 100,” he said.”