Re: List-based login screen?

On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:11:46 -0700, left_coast wrote:

YKhan wrote:

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XP is not a useable desktop. It is little convenience features like these
that allow viruses, spyware and malware, all things that make on OS
undesirable to all but the stupid people that don't know how a computer
should run.

Generally speaking, 'viruses, spyware and malware' do not infect
your machine at login. They are a result of internet use which is once you
have logged in. Graphical login screens are fine and the only loss of
security is that they reveal the names of the users but as a hacker would
know the name 'root' this is not a real issue. One of the things that
Windows does do is allow you to change the name of Administrator to
something else. All this is mote in reality as once physical security
(doors and locks) has failed logical security is irrelevant as the thief
can just take the machine to where ever they want and access all data
regardless i.e. take out the drive and mount it as slave on another system.

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