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security patch for nt 40 server

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by danno

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I was just told by someone thatone of our NT 4.0 server attacked another server over night using brute(trying to crack password) >How do i protect this from jhappening in the future.

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by kelvin.harris

Change the Administrator password so that it is C-2 compliant (min of 8 char, mix of 3 of the 4 characters sets: upper case letters, lowers case letters, numbers, and symbols)
Require all users to change their passwords so that they too are C-2. Run syskey.exe (located in system32 folder) to encrypt the SAM database.
Ensure that only necessary individuals have Administor or Domain Admins rights.

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