Vista - Vista Account Password Security

Anyone know how secure Vista's account passwords are?

If I set one Vista account to share files over the net connection, is
that a major security breach? In theory one would need to know the
account name and password to access the files. But has every hacker
on the web already figured out how to get past this? Or some of them
anyhow?

Basically I'm asking whether I need remember to kill the share
capability whenever I take the machine out of the house like one had
to do with XP?

Thanks.

Bill

In article <ahhmq394d27bqulha2hukps7gkj0u0pl0j@xxxxxx>,
Bill Martin <martin_spamtrap@xxxxxx> wrote: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.

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 18:46:42 +0000 (UTC), wrat@xxxxxx (the wharf
rat) wrote:

The password issue I understand and control. It's the "flaw" issue
that worries me - it's under Microsoft's control. That's why I
thought I'd ask here if the user account login was widely known to be
a weak security barrier in Vista - as passwords are known to be for a
number of widely used application programs. Or whether people trust
it.

Thanks.

Bill

In article <tf5pq3lbgi5afducdk0ef6rnu869idvjrh@xxxxxx>,
Bill Martin <martin_spamtrap@xxxxxx> wrote:Vista does not expose login information. It is encrypted in transit.

Well, unless you're connecting to an NT share...