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Close - Raymond Chen https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20110310-00/?p=11253 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20110310-00/?p=11...

• kryogen1c 5y ago
  this post is a treasure, thanks for sharing. walls and ladders - ill remember that.
  • hoseja 5y ago
    He also calls Windows security an "airtight hatch" and I laugh at the hubris.
    • Stratoscope 5y ago
      Not really. Here is what he actually wrote: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060508-22/?p=31283 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060508-22/?p=31... He doesn't quite come out and say what "being on the other side of this airtight hatchway" means - it appears only in the title. But the post makes it clear what it alludes to: if you're already in a position to execute arbitrary code on the target machine in the security context you want, then you don't need to jump through further hoops, because you're already there.
    • rblatz 5y ago
      It's a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference.
• AceJohnny2 5y ago
  That's a much better written (and backed up) story than the one I remember, which I recall being in the Coding Horror "fireside tale" style. Maybe Raymond's was the original!