How secure is ntfs ?

[Yinda]

Hi,

I have just installed w2k with a unique ntfs partition, and am still learning hard :-[

On last October 23, Pieter wrote:
-{ Quote: "Every bit of information I don't want spread across the w3 is on this ntfs partition. Only two websites can be accessed from there: my banks " }-

Do you mean that ntfs is absolutely secure ? Do we still need a firewall ?

Thanks and regards,

Yinda

[Pieter_Arntz]

Hi Yinda,

All I meant to say with that is, it's easier to secure your folders when working with NTFS as opposed to FAT32. Read all about it: http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/592/toc.html

I would not discard my firewall though, but I don't want to get caught in the expert discussion on that subject: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=5098

Regards,

Pieter

[Mike_Healan]

The file system lets you configure it very securely, but it's not foolproof. Access the hard drive from within Linux and you can see everything on it perfectly fine.

[Pieter_Arntz]

Hi Mike,

That could even be achieved with boot-disks. Giving someone physical access would complicate matters enormously ;)
In that case encryption (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/security/encryptdata.asp) would offer some extra protection.

Regards,

Pieter