Re: IDS: Real-time IDS for Windows NT?
Artimage (nelsonl@cs.purdue.edu)
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:41:33 -0500 (EST)
NT 4.0 does not have a C2 rating. Microsoft is in the process of getting
it evaluated I hear. They will have to get re-evaluated for NT 5 when it
ships.. and so on.. Technicaly, the C2 rating is only if it is running on
a certian type of machine, I think compaq made it. So it is even less
useful than one would think.
Artimage.-
On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Dark Knight wrote:
> >> claims that NT is C2 certified is, in large part, a disservice as it leads
> >> many inexperienced network managers to a false sense of security and at the
> >> same time makes the hacker's much more interested in defeating it's so
> >> called security...
> >>
> >
> >If i am not mistaken, Only NT 3.51 with Service pack 5 has achieved a C2
> >rating, and this does not take into account a system connect to the
> >internet.
>
> I think NT 4.0 can be get a C2 rating after you put a firewall on the network.
> I think I heard something about NT 5.0 shiping with a Firewall that you
> can install but does not install unless you do it in the setup. But I
> think Microsoft only say's that it can be configerd to have a C2 rateing..
> I remember reading something about how the Gov is going to buy a crap load
> of PC's with Windows NT 4.0 or 5.0 on it any one know any thing about this?
>
> Dark Knight
>