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| Thread ID: 39539 | 2003-11-09 23:58:00 | Windows is not the only OS, which could get a security flaw | stu140103 (137) | Press F1 |
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| 190543 | 2003-11-12 20:55:00 | Yeah.. Or just open a konsole/gnome-terminal and type: su and you're root... Do as you please as root, but it really makes you think twice about what you're doing. Its a minor inconvenience for the piece of mind I have about security. You can always do xnest :D |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 190544 | 2003-11-12 21:04:00 | you could always just switch user in xp... more accurately its an advantage that lunix has over 2k where you have to log out and then log in as an admin... just suffice to say that every os has its pros and cons, different strokes for different folks and at the end of the day, especially when it comes to security, it all boils down to who setup the OS and how they set it up. I know admins who could setup a more secure win32 box than joe.random.lunix.user's default redhate install... I also know admins who could setup a lunix desktop infinately more secure than a win server setup by joe.random (and for those wondering about all the use of "lunix" and "redhate" - it's a somethingawful.com (http://somethingawful.com) thing, and this is where it all peaked: somethingawful.com which is really SA specific.. you've got to read a bit of SA to get it oh and something else to consider: http://www.linuxisforbitches.com |
whetu (237) | ||
| 190545 | 2003-11-12 21:25:00 | Very nicely put :-) Too true as well :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 190546 | 2003-11-12 22:05:00 | You could indeed use Fast User Switching in Windows XP. But I prefer to use the more secure Windows 2000 style login interface, and the ability to 'lock' the computer, than Fast User Switching and having it show things like running applications, number of emails waiting, let alone allowing you to switch off/hibernate/restart/suspend the computer, or press Ctrl-Alt-Del and try any number of user logins (that's debatable, but at least with the Win2K style, as the administrator is the user logged in, there is only one user who can log in {despite the fact I'm the only user, unless you count the disabled guest account}). And I log all logins, whether they are successful or not, so yeah... |
agent (30) | ||
| 190547 | 2003-11-13 00:59:00 | XP can be set up to not allow multiple logins. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 190548 | 2003-11-13 02:58:00 | Ah well... I like having to press Ctrl-Alt-Del to login... | agent (30) | ||
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