Internet Explorer Security Plans
Courtesy of Scoble’s blog, here is a post concerning “Low Rights Internet Explorerer”:
IEBlog : Clarifying Low-Rights IE
Low-rights IE will only be available in Longhorn because it’s based on the new Longhorn security features that make running without Administrator privileges an easy option for users (User Account Protection). When users run programs with limited user privileges, they are safer from attack than when they run with Administrator privileges because Windows can restrict the malicious code from taking damaging actions.
My, that does sound innovative. Kind of like running IE inside a jail or something, maybe with an isolated directory, It’s good to see that Microsoft is on top of things.