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[Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Garrett Serack <garretts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> And really, that's how Windows Update works anyway... we might as well learn from that.

WU doesn't install code published by third-parties, does it?

> Without that, we'd be forced to Admin-only installs of shared libraries, since there is no way to handle WinSxS without it.
>
> The install client will be doing package verification before it installs it, and it can limit its admin-level install to shared libraries (the only thing that needs it).

What if such a library is compromised? Won't it affect other users on
the system?

Olaf