[H-GEN] Hmmmm - who's paranoid? ;)

[Christopher Biggs]

James Mcpherson <J.McPherson at mailbox.uq.edu.au> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

> On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Robert Brockway wrote:
> > NT scored C2 if it isn't connected to a network.  If it is, I don't think 
> > it qualifies for a secure rating.  I believe some Unicies have received C2
> > accreditation, but I may be wrong.
> 
> correction, NT scores a C2 if it's 
> 	1) not connected to a network, and
> 	2) a very specific configuration (I believe that it's only on
> 	    compaq hardware that it's certified. you want to run it on
> 	    anything else, you have to get it recertified)

A cow-orker turned on "C2" mode on his NT box, using a microsoft tool
that dives into the registry and alters a whole bunch of security settings.

Nothing worked properly thereafter; every other time he logged in he
got a permission denied reading his own user profile, and the system
created a new blank one for him.   Ended up having to wipe and
reinstall the system.

Chris.

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