VPN network:
- The additional VPN related setup/configuration is required only at
the entry/exit point of the network i.e. routers. No changes are
necessary on other machines/systems in that network.

Hi, how are you doing?
I would like to know if is possible to creating a folder on Windows NTFS
partition, but this folder will be hidden from all users, including
administrators, system, and all top users, excepts to a user account wich I

   I have a domain controller that has ALOT (read 4 times / minute) of
"Failure Audit" entries in the Security log.
The entries are of ID 675, Category Account Logon. The message is
"Pre-authentication failed:"

Weird one.  If you're inclined to help, you may want to draw a picture. :)
2 Servers:
Mars (Windows 2003) has two local accounts, AccountA and AccountB, both
local administrators.

I'm asking your kind help to understand and solve this problem:
I've been managing a Windows 2003 Server Domain with 30 users (with remote
profiles) for few months.
Some of these users are Administrators of their own computer.

Most integration guides recommend using DES encryption for Kerberos tickets
in UNIX/Linux interoperability scenarios.
I wonder what is the risk. It can be brute forced; probably even in the
lifetime of the ticket. But I'm not familiar with Kerberos specification

I want to sell a security solution that I have designed, it makes a server
completely immune to viruses, security vulnerabilities, hackers and it fixes
100% percent of the current security problems with windows operating systems.
I fully expect that in a few years every ...

Whenever I try to do really really special permissions, I always get
confused.
I have a list of files in a particular folder.  However one of the
files, I don't even want a particular user to see when they open up

I'm having trouble with issuing certificates from a Windows Server 2003
enterprise (subordinate) issuing CA. The CA rejects requests with a warning
in the Windows Application Log (Event ID: 53, Source: CerSvc): "Certificate
Services denied request 932 because: The revocation ...

A small WORKGROUP has two Windows Server 2003 servers - server A & server B.
I have installed an application on server A and by default it runs under the
account "Network Service".
This application writes files to a local directory without problems but when

I have a Windows 2003 Active Directory environment.  I have XP workstations
and member servers with the local administrator account password set the
same.  I logged into the XP workstation as the local administrator.  Then I
was able to access all the administrative shares of the ...

What options does one have to remotely manage a Bastion host located
in the DMZ.. From everything I've seen, remote desktop shouldn't be
used because it opens too many ports?  Any suggestions are welcome.
Mike

We have installed an offline root CA and an online subordinate issuing CA.
In addition, we did not install IIS on either CA, but used an existing IIS
server.  We created a DNS Alias to point the CRL and AIA to the website on
the remote IIS server.

We have a windows 2003 server that is a member server on a windows
2000 domain.  I am attempting to add a local account from the win2k3
server to the log on as a service however i am unable to modify that
setting on my win2k3 server.  I can adjust it on windows 2000 servers

In a Multidomain W2k3 Forest mode model.
Do you think that the KDC of a sub-domain is less used because the
authenticated user is a NT authority group ?
in my situation : a top domain user read a file from a sub-domain file