Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike

On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:30:54 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 7/23/2024 11:27 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:56:32 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
<mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
 

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:01:25 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
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xkcd: CrowdStrike
     https://www.xkcd.com/2961/
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Make the best of bad times.
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Explained at:
     https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
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Lynn

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Was anybody here affected by the CrowdStrike Thing?
My nephew's wife flew to Europe that day without incident.

 
Not here. But then, I don't do that much on the Web. And I use Windows
10's security, which was not affected.
 
I saw an article where Microsoft was blaming the EU for forcing them
to allow 3rd-party access to the Kernal, which they claim is what
enabled the update to do bad things. If that is true, they may have a
point.

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“Microsoft wants to make future CrowdStrike outages impossible, and it
could mean big changes for security software:
 
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-wants-to-make-future-crowdstrike-outages-impossible-and-it-could-mean-big-changes-for-security-software
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“Microsoft appears to want to shift away from security software having
kernel access on Windows 11, though the company hasn’t said that outright.”
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Sounds like a good idea. And fix all of the other kernel holes while
they are at it.

But will the EU allow it?

I suppose they could do two versions, one for the EU and the other for
sane [1] areas.

The EU could enjoy a Windows subject to assault by poorly-programmed
alternatives to Windows utilities/subsystems. The Rest of Us could
keep on using our computers. Well, except when Microsoft blunders, of
course.

[1] For a meaning of "sane" restricted to "believes restricting access
to the kernal is a good idea".
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