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Checklist: Key control settings to harden password authentication

Roberta Bragg
08.24.2004
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[IMAGE]Strengthening password-based authentication systems is not entirely the duty of users and policy makers. Windows configuration changes can also make it harder for an attacker to obtain authentication material, such as the account database, and harder for them to do anything with the material if they should obtain access to it. But implementing these controls is not without challenge. You should test them on non-production systems before deploying to make sure no conflicts with current applications will occur. If conflicts are

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present, you may want to consider a strategy to work around this problem, or replace the offending application.

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