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Re: [Full-Disclosure] local SYSTEM on Windows vs. local root on Unix
- To: KF <dotslash@snosoft.com>
- Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] local SYSTEM on Windows vs. local root on Unix
- From: K_aneda <kaneda@magi.net.au>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:26:22 +1100
On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 08:20, KF wrote:
> I am currious to know what you folks think the differences are between
> obtaining local SYSTEM on a win32 box and obtaining root on a Unix machine.
>
> Same thing?
> Different?
> One is worse than the other? Which one? Why?
Same thing - both LocalSystem and root(uid=0) have complete control over
the system.
Though it could be said that's it harder to get root on most *nix
machines than it is to get LocalSystem on a Windows machine..
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- K_aneda
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