From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 13:33:02 +0800
To: "matthew@itconsult.co.uk>
Subject: RE: WINDOWS NT ????
Message-ID: <19961007204519812.AAB220@GIGANTE>
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On Sun, 6 Oct 1996 11:39:53 +0100, Matthew Richardson 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.

Now.  They used to claim C2 for a machine w/floppies.  Now they don't.

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