AW: PC Anywhere and security

["Thomas Stocker" <thomas.stocker () medidata ch>]

> Can you give me an idea on how secure are the last versions
> of PC Anywhere?

The have more than one security options. So you can choose authentication 
(windows auth, pcany ...) Take a look here:

http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content/displaypdf.cfm?pdfid=15&EID=0

They offer also a good encryption.
 
> Can a PC Anywhere connection give them access to our network
> even if the user credential limits the rights to specific directories on 
> his machine ???

Keep in mind that he will be locally logged on your network as some user. 
Remember local exploits like pipeudadmin / privilege escalation.

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Thomas Stocker
Systemadministrator


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