[THIN] Re: Yahoo messenger

  • From: "Greg Reese" <GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:22:40 -0500

ie will let in all kinds of crap.

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of 
Lutz, Ken
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:14 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Yahoo messenger


Thanks Greg.  I'm beginning to think that I need to leave the empty folder and 
put security on it like you said.  What bothers me most is that I thought that 
a general user couldn't install software, yet this did with Yahoo messenger.
 
Ken ...

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Reese [mailto:GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 11:51 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Yahoo messenger


if it installs to a folder or reg key, just leave the structure there but empty 
and set the security to it to no access.
 
Disable the stuff in IE for loading Active x controls.  This can lead to other 
problems though.  Use it cautiously.
 
I have had it sneak on my servers from time to time.  I don't think it does any 
damage. 
 
Greg
 
 -----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of 
Lutz, Ken
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:06 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Yahoo messenger



That will block the site, but how do I set up my Citrix servers so that the 
users can't install software, yet have the level of access they need to Program 
Files?
 
I always thought that basic users couldn't install software.
 
Ken ...

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 10:58 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Yahoo messenger


Point all of the yahoo messenger servers to 127.0.0.1 in your hosts file or dns.
JK

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of 
Lutz, Ken
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 1:27 PM
To: Thin - List (thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Subject: [THIN] Yahoo messenger



I just found Yahoo messenger on one of my Citrix servers.  I thought that I had 
the server locked down tight enough that users couldn't install their own 
software.  None of my users have any elevated rights.  They are not power 
users.  It looks like one user loaded the software, and then another was able 
to access it.  What is the best way to lock this down so that my users can't 
install any software?  Do I need to remove the Creator Owner setting from the 
ACL for the Program Files folder to keep users from installing software?  How 
are others preventing the loading of software by users?  

I install the software that I want loaded, and I install as an administrator. 

Windows 2000 SP3 MetaFrame FR2/SP2 in a Windows 2000 AD domain. 

Ken Lutz 
Information Systems Department 
Spokane County 

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