[plug] For those who have not seen it

Christian christian at global.net.au
Thu Oct 7 11:00:14 WST 1999


Steve Baker wrote:
> Also, according to this page 'NT has been evaluated at a C2 level under US
> Govt regs', etc.  Evaluated?  How about 'approved' or 'certified'.  I may be
> mistaken, but isn't NT only C2 secure until you plug a net cable in?

I think that was NT 3.51 that met TCSEC C2 with the floppy drive
disabled and no networking.  Either way, these "evaluation criteria" are
next to meaningless in the real world.

Regards,

Christian.

-- 
Watson's Law:
	The reliability of machinery is inversely proportional to the
	number and significance of any persons watching it.


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