Re: 154501--disable wkstn pswds
From: Laura E. Hunter \(MVP\) (hunter(nospamplease)_at_sfs.upenn.edu)
Date: 09/27/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:31:55 -0400
It's pretty easy, actually. An NT/2000/XP machine uses a password to
communicate with a windows domain just like a user account. The password
used by the computer account gets automatically changed every 7 days for NT,
30 days for 2000/XP.
If you set these passwords to never change, you're exposing yourself to
similar risks as if your user account passwords never expired - someone can
sniff the computer account password and use it to gain unauthorized access
to your network.
-- ****************************** Laura E. Hunter - MCSE, MCT, MVP Replies to newsgroup only "Scott Klein" <scott_f_klein@rush.edu> wrote in message news:uWdEs2JpEHA.3552@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > Can anyone please tell me the "security risks" mentioned in article > 154501. > (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=154501 > ) if I decide to disable workstation password changes? > >
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