Re: Is Win2000 secure?

[mea culpa <jericho () DIMENSIONAL COM>]

Response From: Felix von Leitner <leitner () vim org>


Thus spake mea culpa (jericho () DIMENSIONAL COM):
> From: darek.milewski () us pwcglobal com
> From: NWFusion Focus [mailto:news () gaeta itwpub1 com]

> NETWORK WORLD FUSION FOCUS: JIM REAVIS on SECURITY

[...]

> * Encrypted File System. One component is transparent file encryption on
> NTFS file systems, configurable on a per folder/file basis. The underlying
> encryption algorithm is standard DES, using 128 bit keys for North America
> and 40 bit keys internationally. [...]

This author obviously has absolutely no idea what he is talking about
and his articles should be blacklisted from ISN for the next millenium.
There is no 128-bit standard DES.

[key recovery]
> An analysis of EFS key recovery by security
> analysts is ongoing;

Not really.
It was immediately clear that the default storage position is insecure.
This is another prime example of Microsoft marketing.  What has b/s like
this to do on a reputable mailing list like this?  Nothing, if you ask
me.

Felix

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