Andy Medina typed the following on 7/11/2006 3:09 AM:
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Pete Holsberg wrote:
Isn't it true that a user account password serves *only* to
prevent an unauthorized person sitting at a computer from
logging in?
Nope, it also prevents an unauthorized person from logging in
via the network. And depending on certain security and policy
settings, a user account with no password is not allowed to
logon via the network, only a local logon is allowed.
Forgive my ignorance, but logging in to what via the network? I
suppose a good example would be a wireless network with no
security. A person could connect to that network and use it to
connect to the Internet, but what could he do on the LAN that the
WAP is connected to?
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Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ
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old. All you have to do is live long enough.
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