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Everything about Windows File Protection
Microsoft Windows security sub-system
Windows File Protection (WFP) is a sub-system included in Microsoft Windows operating systems of the Windows 2000 and Windows XP era, aimed to prevent programs from replacing critical Windows system files. Protecting core system files mitigates problems such as DLL hell with programs and the operating system. Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 include WFP under the name of Windows File Protection; Windows Me includes it as System File Protection (SFP). It was renamed to Windows Resource Protection in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Windows File ProtectionA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Hacking exposedThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Solution of Windows files security protection based on file system filter driverCited 6 times
- Go sideways: System File CheckerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Windows Resource ProtectionA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Hacking exposedStuart McClure, Joel Scambray · 2001
Security Strategies in Windows Platforms and ApplicationsMichael G. Solomon · 2013
Active Directory disaster recoveryFlorian Rommel · 2008
Digital Privacy and Security Using WindowsNihad Hassan · 2017- 📕Bao lei zhu ji da jian quan gong lüe yu liu xing hei ke gong ji ji shu shen du fen xiYongqing Hao · 2010
- 📕Windows XP jia mi jie ma du hai gong fangShi Weiming yan jiu shi · 2005
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