alistair@microsoft.UUCP (Alistair BANKS) (06/01/91)
In article <1991May29.190234.20121@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> barry@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Barry Lay) writes: >Now that we have the official mumbo-jumbo, >does anybody out there who is familiar with the Orange Book care to comment >on how useful a B2 rating will be on the limited set of functions that will >be supported by NT? Is it going to prevent downgrades via the clipboard? >Enforce security labels on printed output? I was careful to say that NT, the kernel, was designed for B2, but with 32-bit Windows subsystem would be C2. NT with another subsystem could get B2 certification, but a B2 Win32 subsystem would result in a very un-useable system. B2 would defy today's Clipoard, DDE, OLE, Drag & Drop and other features. Users like these features in a PC operating system! Alistair Banks Systems Division, Microsoft.