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Microsoft would use the CrowdStrike case to shut down Windows
Microsoft also confirmed in a comprehensive official post on Thursday that - if allowed - it would introduce very strong restrictions in the operation of the Windows kernel in the future. Essentially, the company is saying that the CrowdStrike incident happened because European Union officials tied their hands back then - and is now trying to use that excuse as an excuse to bring the platform back under its control. As previously reported: Redmond recognized the potential to manipulate public opinion - and potentially lawmakers - in an update incident last week that shut down millions of machines worldwide and caused major disruption to many industries. Although the latter was clearly not the fault of Microsoft or Windows, but due to a fundamental lack of testing by the security company CrowdStrike, the Redmond concern still tried to take the case after a few days, claiming that the incident could have been prevented if it could have limited others' access to the Windows kernel.
Basically, what Microsoft wants to achieve now is to be able to limit who and what kind of software and modifications can be integrated into the core of Windows. If the company succeeds in this, it could start Windows by becoming a quasi-iPhone, where only those manufacturers and software can access certain services of the operating system that the company has previously tested and accepted as suitable.
In reality, of course - as Apple's example also shows - this solution would not provide security against similar incidents, and the way to prevent them is not to limit access to the Windows core for third parties, but to introduce thorough testing and gradual distribution by the latter . With the latter, it would have been possible to notice in time that something was not done perfectly, and to stop the installation of updates before they would have destroyed entire companies and industries. In addition, Microsoft itself proves on a monthly basis that neither third parties, nor is kernel-level access to Windows actually necessary to render the operating system or its important functions unusable, which, by the way, can paralyze the operations of companies all over the world in the same way as machines becoming unbootable.
Source: https://pcforum.hu/hirek/28011/microsoft-windows-kernel-korlatozas-biztonsag-crowdstrike
Microsoft also confirmed in a comprehensive official post on Thursday that - if allowed - it would introduce very strong restrictions in the operation of the Windows kernel in the future. Essentially, the company is saying that the CrowdStrike incident happened because European Union officials tied their hands back then - and is now trying to use that excuse as an excuse to bring the platform back under its control. As previously reported: Redmond recognized the potential to manipulate public opinion - and potentially lawmakers - in an update incident last week that shut down millions of machines worldwide and caused major disruption to many industries. Although the latter was clearly not the fault of Microsoft or Windows, but due to a fundamental lack of testing by the security company CrowdStrike, the Redmond concern still tried to take the case after a few days, claiming that the incident could have been prevented if it could have limited others' access to the Windows kernel.
Basically, what Microsoft wants to achieve now is to be able to limit who and what kind of software and modifications can be integrated into the core of Windows. If the company succeeds in this, it could start Windows by becoming a quasi-iPhone, where only those manufacturers and software can access certain services of the operating system that the company has previously tested and accepted as suitable.
In reality, of course - as Apple's example also shows - this solution would not provide security against similar incidents, and the way to prevent them is not to limit access to the Windows core for third parties, but to introduce thorough testing and gradual distribution by the latter . With the latter, it would have been possible to notice in time that something was not done perfectly, and to stop the installation of updates before they would have destroyed entire companies and industries. In addition, Microsoft itself proves on a monthly basis that neither third parties, nor is kernel-level access to Windows actually necessary to render the operating system or its important functions unusable, which, by the way, can paralyze the operations of companies all over the world in the same way as machines becoming unbootable.
Source: https://pcforum.hu/hirek/28011/microsoft-windows-kernel-korlatozas-biztonsag-crowdstrike
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