[mdlug] The new "surface" computer

[Robert Adkins]

It only takes one user, one mistake to compromise a Windows box. If the 
compromise happens with a very intelligently built program, then it most 
likely wouldn't matter what encryption they are using on the box, the 
hidden component could be injected into something innocuous and be 
duplicating/feeding that data through whatever pipe that was originally 
used to infiltrate the network.

-Rob

-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: Re:[mdlug] The new "surface" computer
From: David Lane <dcl400m at yahoo.com>
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:42:34 AM
> Well Military encrption is very strong.  And there are many levels of 
> security befor you even get to the box.
>  
> Remember the Intel computational error.  It was very minamal. 
>  
> David
>
> */Robert Adkins <radkins at impelind.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Curious.
>
>     Does anyone know how Windows (NT/2K/XP) legitimately received a
>     government security clearance with this gigantic glaring hole in it's
>     file system?
>
>     Does anyone know if that was even disclosed in the testing for that
>     certification?
>
>     If not, anyone interested in working towards organizing/raising a
>     massive shit storm over this "feature"?
>
>     -Rob
>
>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject: Re:[mdlug] The new "surface" computer
>     From: Ingles, Raymond
>     To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
>     Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:32:20 AM
>     >> From: Joseph Vartanian
>     >>
>     >
>     >
>     >>> MS put the capacity in NTFS, but never really came up with a
>     use for it.
>     >>>
>     >
>     >
>     >> Actually, they do have uses for this feature. MS SQL Server
>     2005 uses
>     >> ADS (alternative data streams), as does MS Exchange Server 2003.
>     >>
>     >
>     > But, so far as I can see, there's nothing about ADS that can't
>     be done with
>     > regular files. I'd be willing to believe that they did that just
>     to make those
>     > products *less* portable... :->
>     >
>     > Sincerely,
>     >
>     > Ray Ingles (313) 227-2317
>     >
>     > "Indeed, the one group that would almost certainly oppose the
>     views of
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>     > Steven Waldman
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