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PKI Encryption In Windows 2000
OSAll Staff
Microsoft has announced that the upcoming release of Windows 2000 will include built-in support for public key encryption. The support will actually be integrated from the ground up in the Windows 2000 security infrastructure.
Windows´ built-in security has been always been notorious for it´s insecurity. Windows 2000, which is a melding of Windows 9x and Windows NT, is touted by Microsoft as a more secure operating system. The integration of public key encryption is another step in that direction, according to Microsoft.
Programs like Pretty Good Privacy already allow for public key encryption, but they´re not automatic like Microsoft´s seems to be.
Windows 2000´s public key integration is built more as a system for the use of other software more than to integrate encryption into Windows 2000.
The white paper detailing the integration of public key encryption in Windows 2000 is mirrored in HTML format on OSAll. The only way to receive this white paper from Microsoft is in self-extracting .DOC format. |
