Re: avoid simultaneous logons of the same user

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 02:21:48 -0700

You might want to try implementing smartcards and
enabling smartcard only logon. This would restrict users
to one logon. There is obviously the expense of
smartcards and readers but it depends how big a problem
it is.

>-----Original Message-----
>piotr majcher wrote:
>>
>> but the some students give the others their usernames
and
>> passwords and sometime during classes i have a
situation
>> when there are 3 students on 3 workstations using one
>> username in my classroom
> >
>> how can i prevent such logons?
> >
>> maybe the solution could be as follows:
>> 1.the user1 is logging on
>> 2.the user1's account is being disabled so noone else
>> cannot use this username to logon to domain
>> 3.the user1 is doing his work
>> 4.the user1 is logging off
>> 5.the user1's account is being enabled
>
>This does not look very robust to me. What happens if
you don't detect the
>logout correctly, e.g. because of a machine crashing?
This can lead to a
>1st-level support nightnare.
>
>I'd rather vote for an organizational than a technical
solution:
>If you're able to detect user1 being logged on to
several work-stations you
>could consider to disable user1 completely to enforce
your security policy.
>This would make users aware that they must not give away
their credentials.
>
>Ciao, Michael.
>.
>

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