full-disclosure - XP Remote Desktop Remote Activation

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Message-ID: <200410021806.i92I65l11268@netsys.com>
From: larry at larryseltzer.com (Larry Seltzer)
Subject: XP Remote Desktop Remote Activation

>>By default, Remote Desktop is shipped with this service turned off and
only the Administrator is allowed access to this service.  It is
possible, however, to modify a series of registry keys that may allow a
malicious user who has already gained a command shell to activate Remote
Desktop and ...

Like everyone else is saying, if you already own the desktop why not use
the user interface Microsoft helpfully provided for this?

LJS