RE: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you are on the box, having changed the name of the Admin is useless.
Naming doesn't safe you from a lot...a simple registry pull in Windows
will get you all the hashed passwords.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Jeremy Davis
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 8:40 PM
> To: full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox
> 
> Are you able to change root's name in nix? Why not if the 
> answer is no?
> (Things would break right? UID 0?) Knowing the account name 
> is two-thirds of the battle.
> In windows it's fairly easy to change the admin name.
> Not a professional here just curious...
> J
> 
> 
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:13:36 -0500, valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx 
> <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:12:31 EST, "Crotty, Edward" said:
> > > I'm not a Win based guy (troll?) - Un*x here - and even I 
> was offended by #1.
> > >
> > > There is such a thing as "runas" for Windows.
> > 
> > Yes, but is *the main design* of the system "run as a 
> mortal, and use 
> > the 'runas' for those things that need more"?
> > 
> > Or is the *main design* "We'll just elect the first user as 
> > Administrator, and include 'runas' in case somebody wants 
> to Do It The Right Way"?
> > 
> > 
> >
> 
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