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Windows NT ftp 'guest' account

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for guest/guest

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
There is a 'guest' FTP account.
This is usually not a good thing, since very often,
this account will not run in a chrooted environement,
so a possible hacker will be very likely to use it
to break into this system.

Solution : disable this FTP account.

Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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