Brian May schrieb:
>>>>>> "Tomasz" == Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
>     Tomasz> Well, perhaps it suffices if WPKG service is started as a
>     Tomasz> domain user, or WPKG path uses domain user credentials.
> 
>     Tomasz> Then, Windows should take care of all security issues for
>     Tomasz> us - no need to reinvent anything here, if the operating
>     Tomasz> system already does it?
> 
>     Tomasz> And Brian - what kind of tests did you really make?
> 
> Unfortunately not.
> 
> I setup a Samba server, not in a domain, and configured to map any bad
> password to the guest user, with the same name as a server that was in
> the domain.
> 
> The client computer was a domain member and logged into the domain.
> 
> I ensured that the genuine server was off-line, and from the client
> computer, I established a connection to the fraudulent server.
> 
> Windows did not offer any errors or warnings that the computer I was
> connecting to was fraudulent or that it was connecting as a guest user
> instead of the (expected) authenticated user.

Well, so it's your setup's fault - mapping bad users/passwords is not a 
recommended habit...

Would the same scenario work if you didn't map bad user/password to guest?


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org



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