Use empty password - they are more secure! (sometimes ;))

Hey guys!

Few times I encountered that people are really surprised when they noticed I am not using passwords all the time.. So for example my local administrator have empty password...

You may ask why? Answer is quite simple - when your account dont have password, you can use this password ONLY for local logon. You cant access that computer from network, you cant use it with runas etc...

 

Published Sunday, November 20, 2005 6:28 PM by martin
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# re: Use empty password - they are more secure! (sometimes ;))

That remembers me a stupid windows question I was asked today and did not know what to answer...
How to create a local windows user to share something on the network with standard passworded windows shared files but just after that I want to disable local logon so this login can just be used to access shared files by the network...

A kind of contrary of your blank password example...

probably not the place to ask, but who knows? :)

Monday, November 21, 2005 10:57 PM by martin

# re: Use empty password - they are more secure! (sometimes ;))

Well, you can disable local logon ability using GP... I think thats what you are looking for (I am sometimes using this scenario when I create service accounts)...

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:52 AM by martin

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