Why HPFS SHOULD be secret.

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From: Erik Timothy Brandsberg
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:45

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After seeing a few of the posts requesting information about the HPFS,
I realized that IBM should NEVER release this information, and if they
have, it was a big mistake.  The problem is security--IBM is working
to make OS/2 a much more secured system, and the server variations of
the HPFS have built in security.  If someone decides to make a driver
to access the HPFS from DOS or Linux...  Then these security measures
can very easily be stripped off and anything on the disk can be read
by anybody.  Therefore, I encourage you DON'T attempt to write such a
tool, as it might be used for the wrong reasons.

Erik Brandsberg
etb2s@virginia.edu


My opinions are my own, and don't reflect in any way those of the
University of Virginia

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Subject: Why HPFS SHOULD be secret.
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