Re: Linux login security approaches

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Wed, 09 Dec 1998 15:26:53 -0300


Neil Conway <nconway.list@ukaea.org.uk> said:

[On SAK]

> > This is a required feature for C2 level security certification.
> > Microsoft used to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del combo in Windows NT because it
> > triggers an unmaskable interrupt.
> > This feature will be gone in Windows NT Workstation 5.0 (2000).

> Why will the feature be removed ? Thus losing C2 certifiability for
> NT??

It is required for B security, not C2.

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