Microsoft provides Vista Kernel APIs to security application developers

Microsoft provides Vista Kernel APIs to security application developers

Microsoft has finally released draft APIs to security application developers which had earlier criticized the company of partiality.

Considering, Microsoft itself now develop security products for their own operating systems, companies like Symantec and McAfee complained that they were not being provided enough technology to develop quality products for the Vista operating system.

Ben Fathi, Microsoft’s Windows security chief spoke about these latest releases: “We are delivering the first draft set of these new APIs for Windows Vista have been designed to help security and non-security ISVs develop software that extends the functionality of the Windows kernel on 64-bit systems, in a documented and supported manner, and without disabling or weakening the protection offered by Kernel Patch Protection.”

Symantec spokesman Mike Bradshaw responded on this release from Microsoft: “Symantec has received the draft APIs regarding PatchGuard and is currently evaluating the information and awaiting additional information from Microsoft. Until that process is complete, we have nothing to add to the story.”