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From: alistair@microsoft.UUCP (Alistair BANKS)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: UAE's - how are they detected /B2 vs C2 & Clipboard, DDE etc
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Date: 1 Jun 91 01:50:17 GMT
References: <1991May25.054957.1151@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1991May28.173139.8139@hyper.hyper.com> <1991May29.164121.27600@odi.com> <1991May29.190234.20121@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
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In article <1991May29.190234.20121@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> barry@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Barry Lay) writes:
>Now that we have the official mumbo-jumbo,
>does anybody out there who is familiar with the Orange Book care to comment 
>on how useful a B2 rating will be on the limited set of functions that will
>be supported by NT?  Is it going to prevent downgrades via the clipboard?
>Enforce security labels on printed output?

I was careful to say that NT, the kernel, was designed for B2, but with
32-bit Windows subsystem would be C2. NT with another subsystem
could get B2 certification, but a B2 Win32 subsystem would result
in a very un-useable system. B2 would defy today's Clipoard, DDE, OLE, Drag
& Drop and other features. Users like these features in a PC operating
system!

Alistair Banks
Systems Division, Microsoft.