Check out the following link. We implemented this to solve our Local
Admin Password troubles and its been great. Every password is random on
thousands of systems...
http://www.liebsoft.com/index.cfm/products/rpmee/features
-----Original Message-----
From: tth8@cornell.edu [mailto:tth8@cornell.edu]
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:03 PM
To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
Subject: Changing local admin PW using vb logon script - can it be
encrypted?
Hi all,
Long time lurker, first time poster. We have roughly 500 computers that
we'd like to change the local admin passwords on. We realize the
security risks of having 1 password on all of our computers and are
willing to assume that risk. We've developed a VB script that we can
implement as a logon script that works perfectly to change the password.
We do not want this script sent along as clear text if we can avoid it.
Is there any way we can encrypt this script?
We've looked at options such as using Windows permissions to either deny
Domain Users access (preventing anyone from reading the script) or
allowing only Domain Computers Read Only access...however I think that
if you are logged into a local computer you should be able to read the
script. Not to mention, if you could capture the packets, you could
easily find the script and its contents so permissions would matter at
all in that scenario.
Any help and/or insight is greatly appreciated.
Best,
...tom
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