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passworded screen savers with timeouts, why?
From: Michael Fox <Mfox () GEORGIASOUTHERN EDU>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:43:42 -0500
We are in the implementation stage of password and workstation policies. My questions, which comes from a number of users, is why a screen saver with a timeout period that requires entering a password when unlocking the screen saver? I have my answers (not a lot) for this but I would like to see what others would have to say about this. It is part of a DID from my perspective, but not the only piece for the workstation. Any opinions about this one way or another would be appreciated (hopefully most would be for locking the workstation). Oh, by the way we are doing this with Novell Zenworks. Thanks in advance, Mike Mike Fox Georgia Southern University Information Technology Services Office of Information Security mfox () georgiasouthern edu (912)871-1592 Jeremiah 29:11-16
Current thread:
- passworded screen savers with timeouts, why? Michael Fox (Dec 14)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: passworded screen savers with timeouts, why? Selden E Ball Jr (Dec 14)
- Re: passworded screen savers with timeouts, why? Chris Green (Dec 14)
- Re: passworded screen savers with timeouts, why? Bob Kehr (Dec 14)
- Re: passworded screen savers with timeouts, why? Bruce Curtis (Dec 14)
- Re: passworded screen savers with timeouts, why? Chris Green (Dec 14)
- Re: passworded screen savers with timeouts, why? Jim Dillon (Dec 15)
- Re: passworded screen savers with timeouts, why? Valdis Kletnieks (Dec 15)
- Re: passworded screen savers with timeouts, why? Waller, Michael A. (HSC) (Dec 15)
- Re: passworded screen savers with timeouts, why? Geoffrey S. Nathan (Dec 15)