Re: Password

There are a number of solutions that are much more secure 
than file-level password protection, which I don't think has 
been seen as particularly useful for many years now. Aside 
from encryption, which is probably unnecessarily complex for 
most business environments and working documents, security 
can be applied at the level of the operating system; this is 
possible in Windows, Unix/Linux variants, and should not be 
a problem with Mac OSX. Documents can be stored in 
directories on a file server that are accessible only to 
specific users and user groups. The server can be set up so 
that users can only see and/or modify documents in 
directories that they have access to. Although very granular 
control can be achieved, it does not necessarily require 
large amounts of administrative time. In addition, groupware 
like Microsoft Exchange server, should be able to create 
similar structures that are somewhat easier to administer, 
allowing delegated users to add/delete people authorized to 
access particular project/client directories.

Is there still room for abuse? Sure, but schemes like the 
above can often limit the amount of damage large numbers of 
people can do and concentrate it in the hands of a hopefully 
well-screened few.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 19:42:37 -0400
>From: "Stuart Levine" <[email protected]>  
>Subject: [NetLawyers] Password  
>To: [email protected]
>
>One of the attorneys in this office password protected a 
computer folder 
>several years ago and now wants to access teh folder, but 
has forgotten the 
>password.  He asked me how to gain access.
>
>I did not know, but knew that the web knew.  I put in the 
words "wordperfect 
>lost password" on alltheweb.  I received 62,800 hits.  I 
did not go past the 
>first 20 hits, all of which were for commercial software 
that promised to 
>recover the password, in most cases inexpensively.
>
>Now, I will assume that only 1/3 of the remedies actually 
work.  Does that 
>trouble anyone on this list besides me?  What would prevent 
me or a 
>disgruntled employee from buying the software and accessing 
all of a firm's 
>sensitive material?  (While the cheap software that will 
remedy the problem 
>only ties into WordPerfect, the same site offered software 
that would 
>allegedly would crack Lotus, Quicken, Quickbooks, etc.)
>
>
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