From: "Gary Britt" 

If you plug that HD into a computer on a domain (any domain?) the domain
admins can get access to any NTFS encrypted stuff also, is that not
correct?

Gary

"Antti Kurenniemi" 
wrote in message news:40226e21{at}w3.nls.net...
> Not me. Get physical access to a computer and it's yours. There are
separate
> products for encrypting the contents of a disk (or parts of it) which you
> can use - which probably should be used if you have a laptop full of
highly
> sensitive stuff.
>
> This can also come in handy: next time someone forgets their password, you
> can rescue them by simply plugging the hd into another system. I've done
it
> many times, and I always get a "how did you do that?" - and
I always tell
> them "it's magic" :-)   I live for those moments...
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
> "Ellen K." 
wrote in message
> news:f2p320de5mcb7kn3jic0ea0646vbsgiutk{at}4ax.com...
> > Does anybody besides me think that's horrible?
> >
> > On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 21:51:22 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote in
> > message :
> >
> > >you can do that with ntfsDOS on a boot floppy.
> > >
> > >Geo.
> > >
> > >"Ellen K."
 wrote in message
> > >news:cl0220tqt5pcd5ent1ch5eh9pvmebno3t4{at}4ax.com...
> > >> from this week's Cringely email newsletter:
> > >>
> > >> >> The Sun Also Surprises: Sun calls its Java
Desktop System "the
first
> > >> viable Microsoft Windows alternative," but it's
apparently much more
> > >> than that. One Cringe crew member trying out Sun's bootable JDS
> > >> evaluation disc made an intriguing discovery: You can insert the
> > >> Linux-based disc into any NTFS (NT file system), boot
up, and bypass
> > >> Windows security to gain access to all the files on the hard drive
> > >> (kids, please don't try this at home). It's an open
source OS and an
> > >> anti-Microsoft hacking tool all in one -- what more could a geek
want?
> > >> <<
> > >
> >
>
>

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