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June 2004 - Posts

Friday, June 25, 2004 12:55 PM

"Zero-day" attacks and using limited privilege

Expect to see more malware predating the patches - and how you can protect yourself. (Or, "Why you shouldn't run as admin, Part 2")
Posted by Aaron Margosis | 14 Comments
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:46 AM

"RunAs" basic (and intermediate) topics

A whole lot of detail about how to use "RunAs" to run programs under a different account.
Posted by Aaron Margosis | 145 Comments
Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:13 PM

The easiest way to run as non-admin

This is the really important one for your non-techie friends and relatives ...
Posted by Aaron Margosis | 60 Comments
Thursday, June 17, 2004 4:47 AM

Why you shouldn't run as admin...

First, let’s define terms. This may be oversimplifying, but for the purpose of this discussion there are only two types of users: Administrators, and Users. They are essentially distinguished by membership in the “Administrators” and
Posted by Aaron Margosis | 68 Comments
Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:13 AM

Not running as admin...

The security principle of “least privilege” is well understood: Software should run with the smallest set of privileges needed to perform its tasks. Low-privileged processes can do a lot less damage when they are compromised (or just buggy)
Posted by Aaron Margosis | 43 Comments
 
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