Is WinXP (and Win2000) screen saver password safe?
From: Ian Watt (icewalker_at_hotpop.com)
Date: 03/31/04
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Date: 31 Mar 2004 00:23:42 -0800
Hi
I posted some time ago a question concerning WinXP/Win2000 screen
saver security (http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=4067ce15%240%24267%24802e34e2%40news.novaxess.net&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26group%3Dalt.security.scramdisk)
The situation is that I have disk encryption software (Safeboot Solo)
that asks for the password _before_ Windows is started. So my password
should be quite safe from password sniffers etc. BUT my concern is
that if I activate the screen saver, is it possible for someone to
access Windows for example bypassing screen saver password (there
seems to be software doing just that with Win95), or accessing the
file system via network (even if I use firewall & drives are not
shared) or whatever.
I.e. are there known vulnerabilities making it possible to access my
computer's filesystem without the need to boot, if the computer is
locked with Windows screen saver?
IW
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