Re: Requiring specific computer to log on

a new "policy", company wide.. requiring complex passwords,
entered by IT department, and stored on the machines.

then no one but IT would have the ability to add a machine to the vpn



"kj" <kj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Ox6ABvS7FHA.1020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sorry, I don't have a solution to "simply" block VPN access from a
> specific machine. Methods exist but the only ones I know of aren't simple.
>
> Monitoring through the RRAS VPN log files is simple though.
>
> Open Routing and Remote Access from the Admin tools. Select the Remote
> Access logging. Double click the logfile. On the logfile properties
> window, select the logfile tab, select IAS format and your preferences for
> logfile maintnenace. On the "settings" tab, select all three check boxes.
>
> You'll find the resultant csv log files in %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\logfiles
> named INxxxxx.log, by default C:\windows\system32\logfiles.
>
> Confronted by 'evidence' that the tutor is violating policy and your
> ability to monitor compliance may be enough to have everyone play by the
> rules.
>
> --
> /kj
> "Alex H" <aph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23nJvlUS7FHA.1944@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi we do have a company policy that stops any other computer than those
>> authorised bgy the company, and this particular user has been formally
>> re-advised of the position. However we are a small companhy ( 10 people)
>> and this user is one of our tutors who works from his home, and we dont
>> really want to lose him.
>>
>> if I can simply block his own machine from logging on - that does resolve
>> the issue. However I do need also to cover the legal side and need to be
>> able to monitor his logging on.
>>
>> Exactly which log files should I be looking at,and do I need to open them
>> thru SBS2003, or are they simply text files that I can informt into
>> Excel.
>>
>> Many thanks for your continued help on this matter.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Alex H" <somone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23vTXDxF7FHA.3544@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I assume that he has copied the settings from the company laptop to his
>>>personal machine and is loggin on from that. He VPN'S on, and uses his
>>>normal login name and password. Somehow i need to restrick his account
>>>to the official machine. Its never been a problem before,
>>>
>>> I can see the Mac address of his personal machine in the DHCP
>>> reservations.
>>> Is it possible to read the DHCP logs to see how many instances there
>>> have been - how do I open them?
>>>
>>> Thanks for help
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>> <lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>> message news:O97$peF7FHA.1276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In news:ulxLaCE7FHA.1032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>>> Alex H <somone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
>>>>> Hi, one of our remote users has two computers, the company laptop
>>>>> and his own personal desktop. Its a long story, but we believe that
>>>>> he is logging onto our SBS2003 using his own computer rather than the
>>>>> company one.
>>>>> Is there any way we can set the the server so that he does have to
>>>>> use the company computer
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> How would he log onto the domain from a home computer unless it had
>>>> been set up/joined to the domain?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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