Wow thanks, I didn't know that. I remember that we could use passprop, but
didn't try to use it on the
2k3 domain...
Thanks for the update :)
-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce@securityfocus.com [mailto:listbounce@securityfocus.com] On
Behalf Of Paul J. Brickett
Sent: 17 Aralık 2007 Pazartesi 21:55
To: Can DEGER
Cc: security-basics@securityfocus.com;
security-basics-return-46896@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Policy enforcement- Admin accounts
Charles is correct in regards to the inability to set password policies on
an OU basis.
He is not correct in regards to the default domain Administrator account
not being able to be locked. Please consult the following MS article,
which describes how to configure the domain\administrator account to
lockout using ADSIedit:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885119
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Can DEGER wrote:
Charles Hardin is absolutely right, on this subject, you cant set
password policies with OUs.. :(
thats why, security professionals advising the administrators, to
disable the "admin" account (even rename it)
and then use another account with the "admin" privileges. after you
have yourself that kind of an account you can set the account lockout
policy for it..
unfotunately password policies are set domain wide.
As Charles Hardin mentioned below, moving your accounts to another
domain, should establish a trust between your domain and admin domain,
so that management would not be a problem...
On Dec 17, 2007 6:34 PM, Charles Hardin <fonestorm@gmail.com> wrote:
Sadly with AD you can only have one account security policy per
domain. You would need to make a second domain in your forest and move
your admin accounts there. Also remember the actual Administrator
account CANNOT be locked out.
On Dec 15, 2007 11:32 AM, WALI <hkhasgiwale@gmail.com> wrote:
In an active directory environment (windows 2003), I want to ensure
lockout
for administrator accounts also, in order to protect against attempts to
brute force account password. The flipside is, we might have a DoS
situation
but I can live with it. Is there a tool I can deploy to ensure that
admin
account also locks out after certain no. of attemps?
Also, ONLY for admin accounts, I want to enforce certain settings like:
Password should contain atleast 15 characters, should not contain a
dictionary word etc.
My normal password policy for AD user accounts, set at the domain level
is a
minimum of 8 chars but I want to deploy this special policy of 15 chars
minimum for admin accounts.
How should I go about this?
