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echo: nthelp
to: Paul Ranson
from: Geo
date: 2005-09-14 22:26:44
subject: Re: firewall configuration

From: "Geo" 

Why MS? Do the transaction with the USER. Maybe require them to type in
their password to make a firewall change and have the password encrypted
via a one way hash.

Geo.

"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:4328b6fa$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> That's an interesting idea. Do an encrypted transaction with MS to enable
a
> firewall configuration change. That would be more secure...
>
> Paul
>
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:432858e3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Gee you make it sound so easy, if the admin owns the machine then
> > activation
> > is doomed to failure. Or is there some point to this "more
tedious"?
> >
> > I guess the users' firewall doesn't need to be as secure as the copy
> > protection, huh?
> >
> > Geo.
>
>

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