On 11/10/2011 07:46 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 10/11/2011 1:29, Invisible wrote:
>> So how do you connect to it if it's behind two hardware firewalls plus
>> the Windows Firewall?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teredo_tunneling

OK... so if you implement IPv6, you can tunnel it over UDP. Not quite 
sure how that relates to the fact that inbound UDP is blocked at the 
firewall...

> Your incredulity fortunately does not eliminate the encryption.

That's very reassuring.

>>> That's kind of stupid. You'd be better off with no admin password at
>>> all.
>>
>> Well, yeah. Except that most things that ask you to log in as admin
>> tend not to work if the password is blank.
>
> Ding ding ding! That's what I meant. ;-)
>
>> (No, I have no idea why.)
>
> Because it's insecure.

Um... shouldn't that be /my/ decision? Like, if I'm running a test 
system or something which doesn't /need/ a password, why am I still 
forced to set one?

OK, wait a sec... I just remembered the target audience... As you were.

>> Still, when it's
>> impossible to log in at all unless you're in the building,
>
> Since you weren't aware that Teredo goes thru NAT and firewalls, chances
> are it's not impossible to log in if you aren't in the building.

Are you suggesting that this nuclear warhead is actually turned on by 
default?

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