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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT??
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 01:33:47 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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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.
-
-
- Rob
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- Rob J. Nauta rob@redwood.nl
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