On Thursday 21 Aug 2003 3:44 pm, Lawson, Jim wrote: > Not true Anne if you implement security in windows everyone is not > a admin.
Oops - I don't think it was I who said that <g>. However, win98 doesn't recognise the need for admins, so in that case I guess that makes everyone an admin, in respect that everyone has equal rights. > But The fact that knnopix can access any windows file system is > dangerous to me to run Windoze. > > I read an article the other day that said mandrake 9.1 and other > stuff can easily reset Windoze passwords. Evewn the administrator > one. I don't like this. this is why I am asking this question. > I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than I will answer this, but it seems to me that a linux system would be able to read plain text files, but windows holds passwords in an encrypted state, since 98, so it would not be open to anyone/everyone to see. OTOH, there are freely available windows programs that enable you to read any saved password. I have one (somewhere on a cd) called Snadboy Revelation in which you run it in the background, launch the app in question, highlight the asterisks in the login panel, and read off what the password was. If it's that easy, it shouldn't be too difficult for a determined person to crack the encryption - the way Revelation works implies to me that there is a well-known algorithm for passwords, and if it is so, then yes, windows passwords are inherently unsafe. > I happen to love Linux. You don't have to convince me. I have to > convince my bosses. IT Director. That is why I am asking these > questions to the expert group so I have more evidence that Windoze > has to go. > Good luck. Anne
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