Hi ... I have a Windows 2003 Standard server that is being hacked into.
The server is a fileserver that also serves as the VPN RAS. It has a
single NIC with a public address NAT-ted to the private IP. A week or
two ago I noticed a lot of network activity when it usually has very

This morning I went to shutdown my computer and I got a  popup saying
"There are other users logged on the computer ... " and that strike me as
something odd.
These are the facts that I found out:

Is there a way to block certain user accounts from performing LDAP queries
on Active Directory?
If anyone could let me know I would be most appreciative.

I would like to rename the User Administrator on my domain.  I realize that
disabling would be a better choice however, for now that's what I want to do.
I have 2 DC's running 2003 server standard ed.  They are running in  2000
native function mode.  They've been up for some ...

I have a windows 2003 server (web edition)
Using the Add Connection wizard I am allowing incoming VPN connections
The VPN connection works as expected when firewall is off
When I turn on the firewall, the client hangs on "verifying username and

Is there a way through policy or other means to lock down or prevent users
from deleting entries in event viewer?  We only want one user to be able to
do this in the entire domain and dont want admins to have the ability to
delete events.  

I would like to set up a network folder where I can save Minutes of
high-level meetings, and restrict access to senior Management, and
specifically exclude the IT Staff.  No offence to you techies, but some
things are just not for your eyes!

we have about 20 machines, all of them joined to the domain server and
connected to a nas server... half of them today and it appeared to happen on
all the older Dell machines, that i can navigate to the shared resources, but
when i click on a particular folder, a login screen ...

I have a Windows 2003 WE out on the web (no physical firewall) with the
windows firewall turned on.  I'm using it as a development server and I want
VPN access to it's shared folders.  I tried configuring Routing and Remote
Access but it won't allow the firewall to run.  I ...

The following security event logs are generated in our Windows 2003 server.
The event id 529 is shown even I have not logon the server. Does anyone know
why these logs are generated. Many thanks.
2005/10/18    10:14:24 AM    SECURITY    Audit Success    System Event    513   

There are smartcard readers with integrated fingerprint reader. So you can
enter your "Finger" on the Reader to access to the smartcard.
In Microsoft you have the possibility to authenticate yourself via smartcard
and Kerberos protocol. Does Microsoft plan to use such biometric (i ...

How come when I am signed in on msn...on my personal page it says that i am
offline. My brother in america upgraded my msn from the old version to the
new beta...so does this mean he still has access to my emails and privacy???
Please help me.

Can anyone tell me the correct version for the RPCRT4.DLL on a W2K3 server
(no SP1) after MS05-051 has been installed? We have 5.2.3790.137 and
HFNETCHK reckons it should be 5.2.3790.141.
Thanks

Sorry was abusely posted in .net security
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Hello,
I have a workstation XP-Pro with SP2 and all updates installed where  a

pls can some one advise me on what is the purpose if this service and what
is the impact\outcome of turning it off ???
Thanks & Best Regards
kpy