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Product to Automatically Change Local Passwords? Will 08-31-2006
Posted by Will on August 31, 2006, 4:07 am
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 Does any vendor make a product that will once a day change passwords for
designated local accounts on each Windows computer, and then store those
passwords encrypted in a central database so an administrator can retrieve
them if needed in an emergency? I want a way to prevent users from
using local accounts at all, and I also want to address the large security
hole created by these accounts never changing their passwords.

--
Will



Posted by Miha Pihler [MVP] on August 31, 2006, 4:57 am
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 Hi Will,

I usually use Passgen from
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com/tools.htm.

Personally I believe that there is no need to change password once a day --
specially if you use long passwords (more then 14 characters).

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

> Does any vendor make a product that will once a day change passwords for
> designated local accounts on each Windows computer, and then store those
> passwords encrypted in a central database so an administrator can retrieve
> them if needed in an emergency? I want a way to prevent users from
> using local accounts at all, and I also want to address the large security
> hole created by these accounts never changing their passwords.
>
> --
> Will
>
>



Posted by Will on August 31, 2006, 12:25 pm
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> I usually use Passgen from
> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com/tools.htm.

Thanks for the reference to that book. It looks like a gem! Ordered it
immediately.

The tool however looks far too primitive. I want to find a commercial
quality tool that aggregates the passwords to an encrypted database and most
importantly gives the admin a way to retrieve those.


> Personally I believe that there is no need to change password once a
day --
> specially if you use long passwords (more then 14 characters).

It depends on the length of course.

--
Will




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