INTRO: Netcasts you love, from people you trust. This is TWiT. Transcript of Episode #66 Windows Vista Security Description: Steve and Leo describe the new security features … … Microsoft has designed and built into their new version of Windows, Vista. They examine the impact of having such features built into the base product rather than offered by third parties as add-ons. And they carefully compare the security benefits of Vista on 64-bit versus 32*bit hardware platforms. High quality kbps) mp3 audio file URL:

Leo: Right, right. Steve: …in early UNIX stacks, that are all – all these problems are back again. So it’s like, oh, boy. I mean, this is typical. This is not an architectural thing. This is a, you know, brand new code that just hasn’t had the debris pounded out of it yet. And it’s why I’m now five years late getting ready to move to XP, because it’s had the debris pounded out of it. And, I mean, even XP was a direct descendant of Windows 2000, so it had the advantage of Windows 2000’s maturity. Anyways… Leo: So I gather what you’re saying is, if you want real security, use XP. Steve: Okay. What I’m – we’re going to draw some conclusions once I’ve laid enough foundation. But I’ll tell people, the bottom line is, don’t buy any more 32*bit systems. Leo: Oh, interesting. Oh, interesting. Steve: And that’s freaky for me to say that. But I’m going to explain why. Because what Microsoft has had to do is, in order to make the next move forward in security, they’ve had to make a conscious decision to break major things that have always been done in the past. This was the right decision to make. I fully endorse it. But it means that the 32-bit platform is going to sail on mostly unchanged, and only the 64-bit platform will be secure and will receive the benefit of these security design changes Microsoft has chosen to make Steve: So, you know, for people who are security conscious, I want to, you know, you’re hearing it here. There is a huge difference in Vista’s 64-bit security, that is, security on a 64-bit platform as opposed to anything Microsoft is able to offer and has chosen to offer on the 32-bit platform. But stepping back from that, I will again say, boy, you know, any hardware you have that can run Vista will run XP like a bat out of hell. I mean, the system I’m using where Vista is just painfully slow just on a UI standpoint, I mean, Leo, moving a window around pegs the processor.

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