Re: MAPPED NETWORK DRIVES

Evan:

For the sake of this thread, do you also prefer having your users
have different passwords between their desktop systems and any
Windows NT (or Win2K or whatever) servers on your LAN? I realize
the question is contentious, but the concept is worth discussion
IMO. Further, how would you enforce a difference?

Tom Liotta

On Sun, 30 June 2002, Evan Harris <spanner@ihug.co.nz> wrote

> the idea of having all the user passwords the same gives me
nightmares. I
> make a point of  not using my windows password(s) on my AS/400
profiles(s).
> Passwords in Windows are about as secure as writing them on a
note above
> your desk from some of the things I have read. Tools to extract
passwords
> from windows boxes are readily available on the net.
>
> Your password security is as strong as the weakest place a
password is
> retrievable from. This is the one thing I wonder about with the
whole EIM
> idea - will this just made it easier to steal passwords ?
>
> When that message pops up "do you want me to remember your
password" how
> many of your users would say no ?
>
> I prefer to use guest access for the shared drives - it makes a
lot more
> sense to me.

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Tom Liotta
The PowerTech Group, Inc.
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Kent, WA 98032
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