Re: Password Protect Folder

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 06/24/04

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    Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 18:09:30 -0400

    Well the Linux and NetWare security model is also user-based so you are
    arguing with the entire industry :)

    "Jeff Strubberg" <JeffStrubberg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:9E1A757F-4ABD-4023-8426-FB56F2BB4230@microsoft.com...
    > **Then when you assign the permissions, you go to Task Manager, Users and
    > log the user out. That way it doesn't matter.**
    >
    >
    > I guess I wasn't clear. Many workers are not deskbound. I have computers
    > in semi-public areas that may be used on a daily basis by as many as 60
    > distinct users. The Microsoft model of giving users admin rights, or
    > expecting a computer to be logged in and out every 5-6 minutes is
    > completely useless. Within a week, users will be sharing passwords and
    > walking away from the computer without logging out on a regular basis.
    >
    > As for software vendors updating, I could buy that argument if we were
    > discussing backyard and basement programmers, but I am referring to
    > current product offerings from companies such as IBM and **gasp**
    > Microsoft! Saying that the problem isn't Microsofts is very convenient.
    > I suppose I could say the same thing about being late to work every day,
    > seeing as how my watch is set to a different time zone than the one the
    > rest of my co-workers use. I'm quite sure they will accept such an
    > explanation.
    >
    > Network resources should never, ever be accessible using cached user
    > information. Never. It's a security risk big enough to park a Mac truck
    > in.

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