Re: Norton Internet Security Problem

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From: *Vanguard* (no-email_at_no-spam.invalid)
Date: 03/04/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:34:45 -0600

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" said in
news:OmQMfvNAEHA.3352@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
> *Vanguard* wrote:
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" said in
>> news:%23w0V$9FAEHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:
>>> Ah, I spoke too soon - now I remember this. :-)
>>>
>>
>> I've never bothered with the security accounts defined only within
>> NIS. I'm the only user of my computer and so the only accounts is
>> Supervisor (with a blank password). If other adults were using my
>> computer, I still wouldn't bother with NIS accounts. However, if I
>> had kids and wanted to use the Parental Control feature, I'd probably
>> figure out all the options available in using NIS accounts.
>
> ...and watch your kids quickly figure out how to bypass anything you
> have in place ;-)

Yeah, you have to wonder about all those posts showing up in newsgroups
claiming to have forgotten the Content Advisor password. If it weren't
for the fact that Microsoft chose such a stupid way of storing it in the
registry so it is wide open (for easy deletion), I would never bother
telling users about the article I found at pchell.com. Amazing how many
users also seem to forget their Administrator password, too, and then
come here to find out a quick, painless, and immediate means to
circumvent security.

Hey, some of the best education you can get in security is to thwart
your kids and then have them attack your security measures. Might not
be super intelligent but they can be damn persistent and sometimes
inovative. 

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