Re: Remote Desktop Command Fixation Attacks

["Gautam R. Singh" <gautam.singh () gmail com>]

My employer does this, but I think its easier to fool users, say we craft a
website say which again asks for username/password & most users will blindly
give away their credentials thinking it as a new session..

On 10/11/07, gjgowey () tmo blackberry net <gjgowey () tmo blackberry net> wrote:
> Not to step in to the middle of this, but I once worked for an employer
> with what I considered the best way of stopping attacks cold: a proxy server
> that prompted you for your credentials when you went to an external web site
> and gp settings that disabled the ability to save your username/password
> locally as well as tight settings on the systems to prevent pretty much
> anything from being installed or modified.  So everytime you opened up a
> brand new session of ie and tried to access an external site you were
> prompted for your username/password.  Somehow I doubt there's any malware
> around that is designed to survive in that type of an environment.
>
> Geoff


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