"Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> IPC$. and Admin$ are shares, and a side benefit of this, there is a
> "Feature" that allows you to connect to these shares using a null
> username. But it "is completely secure because it only allows you read
> access" (Microsoft spokesperson) to the entire C:\ drive. That means
> that you can't write to it, but you can read the .SAM file, copy it onto
> your system, run it through l0pht crack, and have complete remote
> administration of the system, and most likely the entire domain.
<bureau/technocrat's hat=ON>
But how come all these large corporations rely on Windows? There must
not be that big of a security hole; nobody probably knows how to do
that...
<bureau/technocrat's hat=OFF>
Sigh...
.
Randy
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"If the current stylistic distinctions between open-source and commercial
software persist, an open-software revolution could lead to yet another
divide between haves and have-nots: those with the skills and connections
to make use of free software, and those who must pay high prices for
increasingly dated commercial offerings." -- Scientific American, Mar.
99.
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