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Keeping passwords to sensitive accounts safe


Dilip Nathani
04.05.2002
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People in your organization with passwords to sensitive accounts, such as the administrator account, should not log in as such at user locations. The user might be running key stroke scanning software on the PC, which can detect the password entered.


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