full-disclosure - Re: Re: GAYER THAN AIDS ADVISORY #01: IE 5 remote code execution

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From: se_cur_ity at hotmail.com (morning_wood)
Subject: Re: Re: GAYER THAN AIDS ADVISORY #01: IE 5 remote code execution

> Last time I was at my doctor's medical clinic, I noticed all the shiny new
> LCD monitors showing the Windows logon prompt with account Administrator. I
> asked the receptionist why. She said so that anyone could sing on any
> machine when they needed it, since individual machines lock out so only
> signed user or administrator can sign on. They did have the screensaver
> timeout so people off the street couldn't sign on. But the only way to make
> the multiple workstations usable from for anybody was to use administrator
> account on all of them.
>   This is a bit of a design flaw in the Windows network that means security
> is much less than it ought to be.
> 
my question is... who is the admin / security manager for this locale?
again, this is not a windows issue, it is an administrator issue in which
the controlling admin of the network is clueless as to how to manage
a flexible win-net.

Donnie Werner
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