From: "Peter Trei" <trei@process.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 00:42:45 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: NT Password Security Update.  Registry values changed!
Message-ID: <9512131601.AA04595@toad.com>
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> Ted Cabeen wrote:
>  
> > Well, I did some more research into the NT password security issue and I
> > discovered that I can get access to the Security section of the registry 

> How did you do that?  The SECURITY section is always greyed out and the
> operating system will not allow you to change the permissions on it.

> If you did indeed gain access to that area then you've probably found a
> flaw in the tamperproof capabilities of NT.
> - Andy

Andy, do you have Administrator privs on your NT system? I too seem
to have full access to all registry entries, including all under Security.

M$ may have some hidden areas in the registry (security by obscurity),
but I can't see anything that says 'sorry, you can't look here'.

Speaking for myself.


Peter Trei
Senior Software Engineer
Purveyor Development Team                                
Process Software Corporation
http://www.process.com
trei@process.com