well i ve been always curious about this
in 2k,XP,2k+3 and following series ask for ctrl+alt+del to login , they say that it keeps the P/W safe
exactly how does this key combination keep the P/w safe.??
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well i ve been always curious about this
in 2k,XP,2k+3 and following series ask for ctrl+alt+del to login , they say that it keeps the P/W safe
exactly how does this key combination keep the P/w safe.??
It's not the key combination itself, it's the actions it causes.
IIRC, it temporarily suspends all but certain running processes or something.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...secureboot.htm
Hope this helps.Quote:
Pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE before logging on guarantees that the authentic Windows 2000 logon prompt appears. Requiring the use of CTRL+ALT+DELETE increases security and helps to thwart certain Trojan horse programs.
exactly how does it help to thwart torjan horse programs?Quote:
Pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE before logging on guarantees that the authentic Windows 2000 logon prompt appears. Requiring the use of CTRL+ALT+DELETE increases security and helps to thwart certain Trojan horse programs
It suspends the system, so any keylogging program cant get your password. Or at least it helps prevent logging this.
in otherwords.
alt+control+delete keypress will stop any abnormal prcesses and guaratee that the ones running (like what you put your password into) is authentic
there is no plainer way to say it. :)
CTO
The control+alt+del key combination cannot be trapped by any program except Windows itself. Thus, enabling this setting makes sure that the box into which you are entering your password is a genuine Windows dialog box.
Cheers,
cgkanchi
that is the correct answer. On NT/w2k/xp ctrl+alt+del does NOT suspend the system, it just happens on win9x.Quote:
Originally posted here by cgkanchi
The control+alt+del key combination cannot be trapped by any program except Windows itself. Thus, enabling this setting makes sure that the box into which you are entering your password is a genuine Windows dialog box.
Cheers,
cgkanchi
so what you actullay mean is win introduced the key combination of ctrl+alt+del on for the sole purpose of protecting the p/w's from key loggers ??is that it nothing else. M$ put it only for protection against keyloggers only , i thought it had much more to do that just keyloggers....
No windows did not introduce ctrl+alt+delete. The good old 3 finger salute has been around on almost every computer system i have ever touched.many many moons ago in the days of "DOS" before we had theese nice GUI's that you young wipper snappers are so used to ctrl+alt+delete was a way to reboot a computer. But it didnt bother to bring upa task manager or anything. Just a few beeps as the machine POST'ed again. AFAIK it has allways worked on UNIX based systems as well. Just alittle different. Im not sure since i juts woke up and aint thiking straight yet