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anti Windows XP SP2 firewall trick Sep 07 2005 08:34PM
crusoe alexandria cc (1 replies)
Re: anti Windows XP SP2 firewall trick Sep 08 2005 01:00PM
Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (bugtraq planetcobalt net)
On 2005-09-07 crusoe (at) alexandria (dot) cc [email concealed] wrote:
[...]
> #c:\bugg.exe Server running on port 2001
>
> connect to server with :
>
> #telnet localhost 2001
[...]
> Our Registry path is
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parame
ters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List
>
> and there you can create string value
>
> Value name Value
>
> C:\chat.exe ........ C:\chat.exe:*:Enabled:chat

Being able to create that value means that you have admin privileges on
that box, thus you can do whatever you want anyway (including completely
shutting down the Windows-Firewall). So this is by no means a trick or
flaw, but simply expected behaviour.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
--
"Another option [for defragmentation] is to back up your important files,
erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up files."
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