PWL Files: The Achilles' Heel of Windows 9X Client Networks

Author: Scott Winters Published May 16, 2011 from SANS

What purpose does the PWL file serve? What information does the PWL file hold and why? Microsoft does not offer much detailed technical information on the PWL file, because they believe in "security through obscurity". This theory says that the less you know about a products inner security workings, the safer it will be.