According to CNET News, referring to a report Symantec called Windows Vista Network Attack Surface Analysis: A Broad Overview, specialists are building their findings on the fact that Windows Vista will be actually written from scratch code. These are, primarily, on the future of network components of the operating system.

Symantec The report notes that in Windows Vista, Microsoft has replaced large tracts of old and repeatedly protestirovannogo code for a new, which, of course, contains defects and flaws. In the long run, the rejection of previously applied technology enhancing productivity and security, but in the short term because of the introduction of the new code only stability and reliability will suffer, experts conclude Symantec.

The company Symantec also stress that the test version of Windows Vista build 5270 and earlier assembling operating system found a number of serious problems related to the implementation of network components. However, in 5384 assembly with the index, which Microsoft distributed as a second beta version of the OS, data errors were corrected. Nevertheless, experts believe Symantec, all holes before the announcement Microsoft Windows Vista incorporated programmers would not be able to.

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For Microsoft, in turn, note that Windows Vista is still in the testing stage, and therefore to judge the safety of the final product prematurely. In addition, stress in Microsoft Corp. has made tremendous efforts to improve the reliability of the programmatic platform and implemented in a number of additional technologies designed to minimize the possibility of unauthorized access to a computer.