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- From: rob@redwood.nl (Rob J. Nauta)
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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT??
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 11:20:48 +0100
- Organization: Redwood Nederland B.V.
- Message-ID: <4f4lm0$me@hp01.redwood.nl>
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- koankid@io.com (Koan Kid) writes:
- >seajay (seajay@winternet.com) spake thusly:
- : koankid@io.com (Koan Kid) writes:
- : > only applies to non-networked environments. I'd love to hear how Microsoft
- : > expects people to set up a client-server system in a non-networked setting.
- : > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- :
- : Excuse me...but, how can you have a client-server system without it being a
- : network? I don't know everything, never claimed to...could you enlighten me?
-
- >That's the point. It is an exceedingly difficult feat to accomplish. But
- >obviously the geniuses in Redmond have a plan. Why else would they create a
- >server OS that is only secure when it's not on a network? :)
-
- That's not Microsoft's fault: the C2 certification applies to a standalone
- system. As soon as you connect it to a network, you can no longer call it
- a C2 system. This applies to Solaris, MVS, VMS, etc. as well.
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- Rob
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- Rob J. Nauta rob@redwood.nl
- NOTE: my opinions are strictly my own and not those of my employer
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