Network Security

[Carl Snow]

I have been looking in NT 4.0 and have found the same things as Mr. Risner.

I have also found that when a workstation has remote administration turned
on then the remote administrator has total access to ALL files and
directories on the local workstation.  This is not a problem in the case of
public workstations but the privacy question then arises  with regard to
desktop workstations.  I should note that the remote administrator has to
take ownership of any file or directory and change permissions before
reading the files.


--Carl


>
> My advice to you is:  if you still have the opportunity, get Windows NT 4.0
> Workstation for these computers instead of Windows 95.  I don't know how
> much this Winshield product is, but for eductional users the prices of NT
> Workstation vs. Windows 95 is very small (I believe on the order of
> $20-$30).  Windows NT has security instrisic to its makeup.  You can prevent
> users from writing to the local hard drive as well as control what they can
> or cannot run.  The network administrator can set the security features for
> all the computers from their own computer and it can be based upon the
> groups which the person logging on belongs to.  These features work with
> both Windows NT Server and Novell Netware as the serving platform.

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