[67441] in Cypherpunks
RE: WINDOWS NT ????
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Richardson)
Sun Oct 6 06:58:13 1996
From: matthew@itconsult.co.uk (Matthew Richardson)
To: adamsc@io-online.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com, mera2@itconsult.co.uk
In-Reply-To: <19961006044857578.AAA115@GIGANTE>
Reply-To: matthew@itconsult.co.uk
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 11:39:53 +0100
On Sat, 05 Oct 1996 07:57:22 -0700, John Fricker wrote:
> Okay, correct me if I'm wrong on this (as if you wouldn't...):
> 1. Microsoft markets NT with C2 security
> 2. Numerous industry magazines report that you can bypass NTFS file
> security by booting off of a diskette and using NTFSDOS.
> 3. Numerous industry magazines (and I believe MS finally mentioned it
> in some routine status update) all say that NT should now be considered
> C2 *ONLY* on machines w/o floppy drives.
Microsoft only claim C2 security when the machine is physically secured
and not attached to any network. Specifically NTFS makes no claim of any
encryption and can thus be read by non-NT software.
Best wishes,
Matthew
