Re: CWS = Crummy Windows Security

From: Ron Parker (ron_at_PARKRRRR.COM)
Date: 10/01/04

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    Date:         Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:59:03 -0500
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    At 04:35 PM 9/30/2004 +0200, Andrew Aronoff wrote:
    >AppInit_Dlls is a gaping security hole. Unfettered access to this
    >value should be removed ASAP from NT4/W2K/WXP.

    Unfettered? What's "unfettered" mean? By default, AppInit_DLLs
    is read-only for all but administrators and system. If your users
    are running untrusted software as administrators, that key is the
    least of your worries. 

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