Re: Spammers die!
From: Ken Schaefer (kenREMOVE_at_THISadOpenStatic.com)
Date: 05/29/04
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Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 14:51:24 +1000
The "guest" account requires no password to authenticate...
Someone can authenticate to your fileserver, or any other resource, without
having to supply a password. That's why the guest account is *disabled* on
all Windows server OSes. Only enable it if you have a specific reason to do
so, and you are aware of the consequences...
Cheers
Ken
"Jason McClellan" <jason_mcc@obsfucated.myrealbox.com> wrote in message
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: Nice to know.. but the guest account was never an issue before having
: installed Exchange.. is there a KB article on this or something?
:
:
: "Peter D. Hipson" <mcn01 at hipson dot net> wrote in message
: news:2ujfb0p35u87olkoaab22hsnpeorlhllvn@4ax.com...
: > Just as a matter for form, you should never enable the guest
: > account(s)! (for this very reason...)
: >
: > On Fri, 28 May 2004 17:21:21 -0400, "Jason McClellan"
: > <jason_mcc@obsfucated.myrealbox.com> wrote:
: >
: > >
: >
: > >Is there some exploit that involves the guest account? I have disabled
: the
: > >guest account, just for the hell of it, and the junk seems to be drying
: up..
: > >
: > >Jason
: >
: > PeterD, the Darkstar Network
: > To email, fix my address!
: > ExpertZone!
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