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- From: pjdm@chmeee.enet.dec.com (Peter Mayne)
- Subject: Re: Windows NT Report
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.062135.24148@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <id.JO3W.L13@ferranti.com> <9212250048.05@rmkhome.UUCP> <1993Jan5.054841.20809@ryn.mro4.dec.com> <9301050843.02@rmkhome.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 06:21:35 GMT
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- In article <9301050843.02@rmkhome.UUCP>, rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
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- >>>The Windows 3.x support on NT is such that a hacker could easily write a
- >>>Windows app that would walk right through NT's security.
- >>
- >>Please tell us more about this security hole.
- >
- >From what I understand, Windows 3.x apps under NT ignore the permission
- >bits on files except for those already compatible with MSDOS. This has
- >been discussed on comp.os.os2.advocacy, and the "very vocal" people who
- >post there from Microsoft have not attempted to refute this.
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- Windows 3.x apps running on WoW under NT are unaware of the non-MSDOS
- permission bits in NTFS, but those bits are still enforced. Win 3.x apps are
- not let in via a back door.
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- --PSW
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- PJDM
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