Guest account Vs Standard user account in Windows 7?
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Guest account Vs Standard user account in Windows 7?
Afaik lua in Xp are more secure than a guest account but what about Win7?
What if we implemented these restriction http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff687018.aspx on the guest account and then compared it with a sua (without srp or applocker) in Win7?
thanks
What if we implemented these restriction http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff687018.aspx on the guest account and then compared it with a sua (without srp or applocker) in Win7?
thanks
Peace- Member
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Re: Guest account Vs Standard user account in Windows 7?
The guest account is available for users with no assigned account on the computer. I'm not sure if that's what you really want.
Paul
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Re: Guest account Vs Standard user account in Windows 7?
Mr Paul, which one are more secure in Win7, a guest account with restrictions implemented (see above link) or a sua?
(Xp, guest Vs lua discussions)
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?s=04d7dd503fe5a23f8e5c5a86079385f7&t=238511&highlight=guest+account+limited
(Xp, guest Vs lua discussions)
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?s=04d7dd503fe5a23f8e5c5a86079385f7&t=238511&highlight=guest+account+limited
Peace- Member
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Re: Guest account Vs Standard user account in Windows 7?
Although the "Guest" account seems safer, I would still avoid using it, especially permanently. Microsoft disables it for a reason.Peace wrote:Mr Paul, which one are more secure in Win7, a guest account with restrictions implemented (see above link) or a sua?
A "User" is a member of the "Users group", which the administrator is supposed to control and is exactly what you see when you look at the groups membership. One of the members of the "User" group is the so-called "Authenticated User" (= any account that has been authenticated; i.e. logged in with credentials).
Now when you have enabled the "Guest" account, you will see that users who have logged on as "Guest" are members of the obscure "Everyone" group, but not members of "Users" or "Authenticated Users".
The differences between the Everyone, Users, and Authenticated Users groups are not so obvious from their group names. To make a long story short, the "Everyone" group is the least secure of these groups because it is what is says: it includes everyone and you cannot control who is in this group. Although I can't prove anything because this group is not too well documented, I would not want to run the risk of any null sessions and other built-in "features" and surprises. For secure NTFS permissions I can only recommend you use "Authenticated Users", and not "Everyone".
Paul
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Re: Guest account Vs Standard user account in Windows 7?
Mr Paul, thank you for your informative reply and patience
Peace- Member
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