detecting PDCs

[carlos_perez at darkoperator.com (Carlos Perez)]

what do you guys think about this script for what we are talking about, I
can add the auto srv thing of you guys think it will be useful, it only took
me a couple of minutes to write

meterpreter > run check_ad
[*] Hostname: awin2k301
[*] Domain: acmeprodinc.com
[*] Domain Controller: \\AWIN2K301
[*] This server appears to be a Domain Controller
[*] Root Domain: DC=acmeprodinc,DC=com
[*] Machine DN: CN=NTDS
Settings,CN=AWIN2K301,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=acmeprodinc,DC=com
[*] Database File: C:\WINDOWS\NTDS\ntds.dit
[*] Global Catalog: True
meterpreter >
meterpreter > run check_ad -h
check_ad -- Checks if host is part of a domain if it is it check if it is a
DC
and enumerates info of the DC.
USAGE: run check_ad

OPTIONS:

    -h        Help menu.


meterpreter >



On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Carlos Perez <carlos_perez at darkoperator.com
> wrote:

> Well for DNS you do not have to be
>
>
> Sent from my Mobile Phone
>
> On Mar 25, 2010, at 8:12 PM, "Butturini, Russell"
> <Russell.Butturini at Healthways.com> wrote:
>
>  These solutuons are useful, but you're assuming a machine joined to the
> > domain, running in the context of an authenticated user session, with
> > knowledge of the internal domain name.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com <
> > pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com>
> > To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List <
> > pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com>
> > Sent: Thu Mar 25 16:36:13 2010
> > Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] detecting PDCs
> >
> > Indeed.
> > Similar to ethe cho %logonserver% method is:
> >
> > Systeminfo | findstr /I /C:"logon server"
> > But a nice way is to get it from dns:
> > Nslookup -type=srv _ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs.<domainname>
> > Will give you the same answer as logonserver, to see all DC's change
> > pdc to just dc. I got 8 DCs doing this at work all of which I know are
> > dcs
> > -Josh
> >
> > On Mar 25, 2010, at 5:07 PM, k41zen <k41zen at live.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >  depends on how auth'd you are to the domain I guess, but dsquery is
> > > very useful too
> > >
> > > http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/DSquery.htm
> > >
> > > http://tactech.net/2009/09/28/how-to-search-for-a-domain-controller/
> > >
> > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732885%28WS.10%29.aspx
> > >
> > >
> > > On 25 Mar 2010, at 10:54, Robin Wood wrote:
> > >
> > >  Hi
> > > > I'm wondering what techniques people are using to detect domain
> > > > controllers when they get on networks. I've asked a few people and
> > > > the
> > > > standard answer seems to be to look for the DNS server as the PDC is
> > > > usually also acting as the DNS server. Has anyone else got any better
> > > > or alternative techniques they use?
> > > >
> > > > Robin
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