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Old 02-07-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Vista Account Password Security

In article <ahhmq394d27bqulha2hukps7gkj0u0pl0j@xxxxxx>,
Bill Martin <martin_spamtrap@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>Anyone know how secure Vista's account passwords are?
>
They're actually very secure. UNLESS you use trivial passwords.
The password isn't transmitted in plain text and the cryptography is
supposedly strong.

I'd turn off the share to be safe anyway. Often when these
things are compromised it's either a weak password or a flaw that allows
security to be bypassed.

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