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Subject: RE: NT Security
From: "Bruce M." <bkmarsh @ feist . com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:49:46 -0500 (CDT)
To: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <c=US%a=_%p=U . S . _House_of_Re%l=MSG01-960930203103Z-2096 @ msg01 . house . gov>

> >On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> >    It will only comply with C2 standards if you are using the NTFS file 
> >system (not FAT or HPFS) and, of course, as a stand-alone machine after
> >service pack X (7?) is applied with some other holes closed.

On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Forno, Richard wrote:
> ...not to mention disabling a floppy boot... <g>

    Yes..  Basically Microsoft's literature should read "Windows NT - C2 
compliant out of the box!" and in small print, "<C2 rating void if 
computer is powered up.>"

                       ________________________________
                      [ Bruce M. - Feist Systems, Inc. ]
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
             'DISA information shows that computer attacks on the 
          Department of Defense are successful 65 percent of the time.
        The DoD, despite its problems, probably has one of the strongest
         computer security programs in government.' -GAO/T-AIMD-96-108



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