From: Ellen K. 

Wow, that is HUGELY useful to know.   THANK YOU!     :)

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:30:24 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote in message
:

>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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