RE: Win 2000 User Manager Pro

["LEHMANN, TODD" <TODLEH () SAFECO com>]

We are in the process of rolling it out here. And knowing our security
department, I don't think they would have approved it if it was terribly
easy to break.

Then again, some days I think our domain administrators and CIO smoke crack.
Not a little. We are talking rocks the size of boulders. But that's just my
humble impression.

Todd Lehmann
Systems Analyst I
VPN Subject Matter Expert

-----Original Message-----
From: Marty [mailto:marti () videotron ca] 
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:34 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Win 2000 User Manager Pro

Hi group...


I read about a product named User Manager Pro (the add-on Random
Password) that changes automatically the admin password of Win2000
machines over the network. 

Have any of you used it before? Is it worth it?

For info :  http://www.lanicu.com/

They claim that its easy to break into admin password and that if all
your Win2000 machines have the same admin pw the hacker gets access
locally to all machines... 

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:- )
Merci

Marty!

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