A lot of useful info , but missed the most significant change in Win98 . See NY/SigAPL:HTML4.0-Forms a couple of days later .

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18| NYC.ACM:Windows98/NT5 ConstantineKaniklidis . 730 3rd Av  NYC.ACM 

|18:23| Screen : MS NT Server v5.00 . |18:35| GaryWeaver , Sec , :
 Constantine : Win98 When ? now beta 2.1 out ~ 98Q1 . If allow embeded
 browser | NT 5.0 : Q2 , July - probably that when Win98 w ship too .
 He worked on some of v4.00 | plan future just NT . merge in 2000 .
 | 5.0 in 1st Beta |  Desktop starts the same . but Browser is the desktop .
 can stay in non integrated mode . Wolfpack clustering integrated . scale to
 >= 32 servers . up to  2000 - 8000 transactions % second .
 Active Directory & DFS : Single view of directory including foreign drives .
 - can integrate w Web . every thing just shows up as another resource -
 including registerys . Special consol privlaged system .
 DistributedFileSystem - single volume w/o seams .
 All been tested - except w Mailframes . - Is powerful idea . - catching up w
 Novell .  X.500 file protocol . L.pad - LightweightPrgramA..D.. ?
 Aud : Integrated Browser - in 4.0 --  goes down more often -
  Warm recovery  - restores desktop . | Chief hazard - destabalizing - Java
  Support . MS AppFoundationClasses less well characterized than Sun`s
 Back up registry if go to integrated .
 OpenGl graphical language . Less than .3 satisfied w `95 , now changing
  metaphore again . Can choose  : Shell in registry . -- set to any exe.
 Zero Administration : can integrate across Win Systems & Mac . I Explorer on
  many environments including Unix .
 Any drivers available for NT also . They`ve made all drivers NT standard .
 Is Plug & Play |19:10| Demo | MS Network monitor Tools - can look at all
  packets going by in plain text . easy to filter out passwords .
 You should only use MS install wizard to install anything - never use
  vendor suplied autoinstalls . Can then use to cleanly uninstall .
  Uses BackWeb technology ugrades from web done in background .
 Hardware Wizard very knowledgable .
 Modem defaults not optimal . NT now has Power mngt including industry std
  hibernate . May lower forground dominance for better internet stack
  performance | DOS7.0 still under `98 , not NT .
 Personal Fax included . -- world class - never crashes .
 IB TAPI  Internet file telephone tek . Integrated .  Intel`s Tek
 NTFS file system - can only convert upward  - not downward compable .
 CK wrote extra legal - NTFS read from DOS - blows security .
 Recommends  WorkStation : 16MB minimum  & that`s OK .  32MB plenty .
  Server : scales all way to 3GB . 32 good min .  Server price 3x WS price .
 LX440J Pentium chip only one which supports instant hibernation .
 Aud : Why upgrade to even `98 ? Price - 10x for apps | $800 for NT
 To unlock  Win 98  or 95 disk to reformat , type LOCK  at the DOS prompt .
 16bit code 2x as well supported under 95 & 98 .
 You can run ProgramManager under NT under 95 shell .
 '98 much easier to control thru control panel vs thru Registry manipulation .
 NT much more expensive to support .  No security advantage .
 NT support for FAT32 Disk mngt - multiple formats FAT FAT32 , NTFS NTFS2
  & HPFS & OS-2 | eNTFS2 : Disk Quotas for users & 196 bit on the fly
  encryption | Built in Smart Defrag from Liberty(?) - moves volitile files
  up to start of disk where head movement minimal .
 C2 Security - not so . NSA says only in stand alone mode .
 C2 securable w mngr frm MS . - | 98 is D rated .
 Can reach Enhanced B1 mode using built in resources . very secure .
 Aud : Up to MVS ? They`re gaining . Inadequate auditablilty .
 IBM working w MS to have NT run on mainframes by 2000 .
 Win98 - MultiLink - 2 or more modems on internet simultaniously . If ISP
  supports multilink . PointPointTunnelingProtocol : B1 secure channel :
  196bit PCT PPG & RSA hybrid . - gives VirtualPrivateNetwork End to End
   encryption across any backbone .
  Enhanced Remote Access Server Support . Muliti leaved Serial . double Serial
   rate .
  Troubleshooting Wizard - requires tons of reboots but solves problems .
    Looks like Symantec .
  Support for  DDD , USP .
  Accessability features in both .
  chk HCL & SCL on Web

|( WED.NOV,971119,13:37-5 | At this point , ~ 2030 , the battery beeped & I
 shut down .
 So , I missed a few more facts , and Constantine`s E-mail address .  )|