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The status of vulnerability research
Researchers employ a myriad of investigative techniques in the quest
for vulnerabilities. In any case, there exists no silver bullet for
the discovery of security related software bugs, not to mention the
fact that several new security oriented kernel-mode components have
recently been integrated into Microsoft operating systems that can
make vulnerability investigations more difficult. Vista,
particularly on the 64-bit edition, is integrating several
mechanisms including driver signing, Secure Bootup using a TPM
hardware chip, PatchGuard, kernel-mode integrity checks, and
restricted user-mode access to
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