From: "Gregg N" 

Geo wrote:

>>> regedit doesn't honor the security settings of keys

Registry ACLs are maintained and enforced by the operating system, not the
editor. There is no honor system here.

> I'll limit my comments to W2K,
>
> Create a registry key and set the permissions so only the system has
> access, now try and read the key with regedit and regedt32.

It worked as expected. I created a key with a single string value and
removed myself and my group from the key's ACL. In both regedit32 and
regedit I could still see the key (although it was grayed out in
regedit32), but neither would allow me to see what was inside the key
(i.e., the string value I created).

It is similar to denying access to a directory. The ability to see that it
exists is a permission associated with its parent, not with the directory
itself.

Gregg

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