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Message-ID: <NGBBKGGIMLBIEMPDGMLIGEIMCEAA.itdirector@ortho-ok.com>
From: itdirector at ortho-ok.com (Nate Johnson)
Subject: How to easily bypass a firewall...

> 4. Firewall doesn't allow programs to send commands to its dialog box
> Analysis: Not possible due to Windows' messaging architecture. Any window
> can send any command to any other window, and the destination
> window has no
> way of knowing if the key press was sent by a program or if it
> actually was
> the user pressing enter.

5. Firewall dialog box uses random numbers / letters represented by graphics
that the user has to enter in a password field if the password is not
correct sound alarm, halt system.

Just a thought.

KC7JHO