-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 01:56 PM 8/9/2002, Gary Flynn wrote: >Interesting story. Seems there are a lot of 2k/XP systems out there >without adequate Administrator passwords. No administrator password >means instant access to the C$ share...i.e. entire hard drive including >startup folders. Even a weak password makes the system vulnerable >as the Administrator isn't locked on unsuccessful password guesses >as shipped. Well, no Admin password in XP means no network access via that account. By default, XP limits accounts with no password to console access only. AD -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.1 iQA/AwUBPVRGoIhsmyD15h5gEQJyhwCfXkIbIWXa6WqJL+UgMFmfjNj1LJgAoMIR ZoLqDCqxTcYJvrD/nDbq0e+F =mb7A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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