Re: I learned something about certificatesandencryptin g file systems the other day ...

Again, it comes down to knowing the OS.  IE and the OS have not been
separate entities for years.  The other way to look at it is if you need a
certificate to do "such and such" on the web and need a certificate to
"encrypt your file system" wouldn't it make sense to just use the same
certificate?

Apparently it is really just an issue of MS needing to mention that problem
when someone goes to remove a certificate and tell all that it affects.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Sims" <mr3111@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 2:26 PM
Subject: RE: [PCTECH] I learned something about certificatesandencryptin g
file systems the other day ...


> Hi Mark -
>
> >Interesting. I know you can wipe AIX (and I suspect any box) using root,
rm
> >*
> >This may have changed over the years with some vendors.
> >Now, I am curious if IBM missed that? Will the iSeries version do this?
>
> Looking first at the RMVLNK and RMVDIR OS/400 commands, while the
> statements are not as explicit as with CLRLIB and DLTLIB, I don't think
you
> can clear or delete QSYS or other system libraries with any of those
commands.
>
> As for a Linux partition on an iSeries machine ... I have no idea.  But
> even if you can, you wouldn't be hosing OS/400, you would be hosing
> Linux.  And you would only be hosing that partition.
>
> But getting back to what started this discussion ...
>
> If a person deletes the operating system programs, that person should
> reasonably expect the operating system to be hosed.
>
> If a person deletes a certificate in a web browser, I don't think that
> person should reasonably be expected to intuitively realize that an
> encrypted file system will become inaccessible.
>
> Ken
> http://www.ke9nr.net/
> Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views
of
> my employer or anyone in their right mind.