I came across good blog entry by Steve Riley on Password policies "Account lockouts Account lockout is a poor substitute for good passwords -- and is one of the most expensive security features you can use. Let's think about this by considering...

While working on desktop/server hardening engagement, I came across following useful Local policy settings related password policy. Here I tried to tabulate the settings related to passwords. There are tons of security settings can be configured through...

F rom Security stand I thought it will be great if know IIS & built in windows account and default privileges. I started looking around, here I came with findings. I tried to define them and a table followed by their default privileges It can be a...

While browsing through TechNet. I came across few good articles related to Passwords by Jesper. Worthy to read least once. 1. Frequently Asked Questions about Passwords and Password Attacks http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512606...

All about PASSWORDS In Last blog, I discussed about 70 day password policy. In the blog entry I will try all about passwords. Characteristics of passwords, strong passwords policy, List of Don’ts etc. Passwords are an important aspect of computer...

What makes it to add in policy- To make it hard for malicious user to discover a password. In todays Fast computing world it is more susceptible than ever. Here is behind the story. Let’s discuss 3 scenarios Case Password...

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