Full Disclosure mailing list archives
Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future]
From: Peter Besenbruch <prb () lava net>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:30:35 -1000
On Thursday 27 August 2009 13:33:37 Thor (Hammer of God) wrote:
But that's the same on my Mac and Ubuntu distro too. The first user is the admin. Granted, the default behavior on Mac/nix requires the admin password
That's a big difference. Entering a password counts as more of a deterrence. Having seen my co-workers on their home machines, it's pretty clear that it's too easy to click OK without thinking. Entering a password, especially when the prompt doesn't occur as often as the UAC prompt is a more significant action. Personally, I prefer arrangements where the administrator uses a separate password. Not only do you need a password, but it's a different one. It's seldom used. The end user probably has to go look it up. I'm not a big fan of sudo. -- Hawaiian Astronomical Society: http://www.hawastsoc.org HAS Deepsky Atlas: http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
Current thread:
- [Fwd: Re: windows future] Rohit Patnaik (Aug 27)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Peter Besenbruch (Aug 27)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Thor (Hammer of God) (Aug 27)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Peter Besenbruch (Aug 27)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Rohit Patnaik (Aug 27)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Thor (Hammer of God) (Aug 27)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Rob Thompson (Aug 27)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Thor (Hammer of God) (Aug 28)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Peter Besenbruch (Aug 27)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Thor (Hammer of God) (Aug 28)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Peter Besenbruch (Aug 28)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Thor (Hammer of God) (Aug 28)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Peter Besenbruch (Aug 28)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Thor (Hammer of God) (Aug 28)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Peter Besenbruch (Aug 28)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Thor (Hammer of God) (Aug 27)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Peter Besenbruch (Aug 27)
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Michal (Aug 29)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: [Fwd: Re: windows future] Elazar Broad (Aug 30)