A family of graphical operating systems produced by Microsoft. Windows includes both server and destop operating systems. Early versions relied on MS-DOS while current versions have evolved from Windows NT. Please do not use this tag for X, but use [x-windows] instead.
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What are the risks posed by “pass-through authentication” and how are they mitigated?
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Local Admin has Domain Admin rights
"Pass-through authentication" on Windows systems allows for the possibility for user accounts with the same name and password to impersonate one ...
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Basic self-signed certificate questions
A few basic questions around self-signed certificates
Question 1
Does a self-signed certificate has to have a CA? I realize that a "real" certificate must as it otherwise can be chain validated but ...
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How to forward external port to internal port using plink [migrated]
For a penetration test where I have shell access to a computer running an old Windows, I'd like to forward port 4450 to 127.0.0.1:445 because the firewall is blocking 445 externally.
I'm stuck on ...
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TrueCrypt-ed Windows XP reseting administrative password [migrated]
I have inherited a laptop running Windows XP 64bit professional from a former system admin of my Lab. The laptop is encrypted with TrueCrypt and luckily I have a password for TrueCrypt and can boot ...
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How safe is it to provide my administrator account password for a 3rd party software: EasyUS Todo Backup?
I've been recently searching for a backup solution for my Windows desktop. That's when I came across this free software called EasyUS Todo Backup. (I know it's a mouthful but English doesn't seem to ...
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Stack Guard vs Stack Shield
I would like to know why nowadays Stack Guard is used everywhere (example: ProPolice in GCC, /GS in Visual Studio), instead of Stack Shield.
Both the approaches (i.e. Stack Guard & Stack Shield) ...
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How secure is a Windows PC that is routed through a Linux PC?
I have a Dual PC setup. Two PC's are networked together via crossover cable. The Windows PC is running Windows 7 SP1 64-bit and the Linux PC is running Slackware 14 64-bit with iptables.
My firewall ...
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Is it ever safe to install patches in parallel on a Windows OS? When must I reboot after each patch?
It comes to my attention that not all installers are aware of each other (Windows Update, vs some hotfix and service pack installers) and block concurrent execution.
For example, I'm able to run ...
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Manual Checks for Signs of Infection on Windows 7
Suppose I wanted to run some manual checks to see if my Windows 7 machine has been infected. I don't usually do anything to get it infected, but I would like to check whether the below steps are ...
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Bitlocker lock drive on standby or switch users
Is possible to auto lock drive with bitlocker when the laptop go on standby or sleep mode?
Or when the user is changed?
I want the drive to be accesible only by one user.
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Open-source alternative for CryptGenRandom?
Let's say that for some reason I don't trust CryptGenRandom.
Are there any open source software Windows entropy collectors to get cryptographically secure random numbers from for seeding purposes?
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Is it possible to spoof the mac address of a wireless adapter so that windows sees the spoofed mac as the physical?
I know that its possible to spoof a mac address out to a network. But is it possible to spoof the address, so that the Windows operating system and applications running on Windows see a spoofed ...
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What's the point of storing an copy of args? (the /gs flag)
When you add the /gs argument to microsoft's compiler, it would place a copy of args below the buffer variable.
So, what's the point of keeping a copy of arg?
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USGCB on a non-networked computer
We will be getting some data that needs to be kept in accordance with USGCB regulations. Our intent was to keep it secure by storing and using it on a non-networked computer, but the regulations seem ...
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Remotely destroy all the data from a laptop having windows? [closed]
How can i remotely destroy all the data from a laptop having windows 7 as the OS? Is there a way to do that?
