password | Raving Roo https://ravingroo.com Chew the Fat Wed, 23 Dec 2015 21:10:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/ravingroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-kangaroo-silhouette2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 password | Raving Roo https://ravingroo.com 32 32 25842277 How To Create And Manage Password Settings Objects (PSO) https://ravingroo.com/1224/fine-grained-create-manage-password-settings-object-pso-active-directory-adsi-attribute-edit/ https://ravingroo.com/1224/fine-grained-create-manage-password-settings-object-pso-active-directory-adsi-attribute-edit/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2015 19:45:09 +0000 http://ravingroo.com/?p=1224

With Windows Server 2008, Microsoft introduced Fine-Grained Password policies which utilizes a new Active Directory object called Password Settings Object (PSO). These objects allow you to more easily create and assign password policies to subsets of users, albeit with a bit of an unpolished implementation method compared to the old method via group policy (GPO). If...
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A few weeks ago, David K. Sutton posted his thoughts on passwords on this blog, and since I had coincidentally just finished trying to hack a password around that same time, I thought I might add and/or elaborate a little on what he said, and offer some real world context and numbers. WORKPLACE CRACK Someone...
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The Account Lockout Policy in Active Directory is not what it seems. Oh sure, at first glance it appears simple enough. Set a threshold, set a counter, and when that threshold is tripped in the allotted time, account locked out. What could be simpler right? Well, as with most things in IT, what should be simple isn’t....
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A guide for LAN Administrators who want to secure their systems without a user revolt. GOLDEN RULE OF PASSWORD CREATION: length + the uniqueness of your brain More on that in a moment. But first, if only we could trust our fellow human beings, there would be no need to secure our sensitive data. No need...
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