Chapter 11. Windows I: Objects and the File System
“Because it’s cool. It’s like, ‘Yeah, been there done that—oh, yeah, I know that bug.’ I can understand that phenomenon sociologically, not technically.”
Bill Gates, from a 1995 interview with FOCUS Magazine
Introduction
Windows is the most popular PC operating system on the market. It has evolved over more than 20 years from a basic single-user shell into a robust, networked, multiuser OS. Modern versions of Windows are quickly growing in the traditional big-iron markets, from the small office server space to data centers. So what code auditing book would be complete without a detailed discussion of Windows-specific security issues? This chapter and the next are dedicated to discussing security ...
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