Hackers tip hat to Vista security
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
When a group of Microsoft employees first attended the Black Hat hacker convention in the late 1990s, the company's security reputation was so bad that one of them says the experience was like constantly hearing people criticize his mother.
Apparently, things have changed.
Members of the Black Hat audience responded to Microsoft's briefings on Windows Vista security Thursday not with hostility but with polite interest. The real test won't come until after Windows Vista's retail release next year, but several people said Microsoft appears to have made the operating system more secure.