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But I don't think it's the first since Google already has one and offers USD 1 million to whoever hacks Chrome.
This isn't about "how to hack Windows", it's a call for ideas on how to make Windows more hack-proof.
In my opinion, one could start by taking a cue from Linux, where individual services and applications do less, and do those few things better, then communicate to other services and applications. The air gap in between makes it harder to exploit, since there's less code running at the attack vector to contain exploits. And, it's easier to run exposed services at lower privilege levels, letting other code handle the (untrusted!) data given by the edge software.
In my opinion, one could start by taking a cue from Linux, where individual services and applications do less, and do those few things better, then communicate to other services and applications. The air gap in between makes it harder to exploit, since there's less code running at the attack vector to contain exploits. And, it's easier to run exposed services at lower privilege levels, letting other code handle the (untrusted!) data given by the edge software.
Microsoft chose to change how Windows was structured and destroyed a lot of that security in the process. They also made a decision to incorporate certain applications and features into the core kernel to enhance the performance of Windows with their other apps, and these actions introduced security issues of their own. Now, instead of going back to the original model and rewriting the code as an up to date version of that model, they're looking for more apps to put on the perimeter to protect the Windows system instead of rebuilding the main building with top security. Not a good way to go about it.
The majority of the security problems that hurt Windows 95 through to Windows 7 just weren't, and aren't, able to hurt Windows 3.1 due to the differences in the design mode of the Windows systems at the time. It was the key changes in design introduced with Win 95 that are the real problem here. Design like Unix and Linux does, like the old DOS / Win 3.1 did, and most security issues are gone.
The majority of the security problems that hurt Windows 95 through to Windows 7 just weren't, and aren't, able to hurt Windows 3.1 due to the differences in the design mode of the Windows systems at the time. It was the key changes in design introduced with Win 95 that are the real problem here. Design like Unix and Linux does, like the old DOS / Win 3.1 did, and most security issues are gone.
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