[plug] [OT] Security problems with NTFS

[James Devenish]

In message <318330-220031042311266833 at westnet.com.au>
on Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 07:26:06PM +0800, Stephen Boak wrote:
> In the NTFS file system a facility exists to bind additional data to
> a file or directory, called an alternate data stream [url1][url2].
> These alternate data streams cannot be be removed, unless the parent
> file or directory is destroyed. Unfortunately most file wiping
> utilities only deal with the primary data stream and do not wipe the
> alternate data streams, thus leaving data intact.

How bizarre! Macintosh file systems have supported an "alternative
data stream" for decades, but they don't make it privileged like that.


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