Re: Logging IP Address of Failed login attempts

[Joey Peloquin <joeyp () cotse net>]

M4ch3T3 Hax wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> A quick question regarding windows networks. I have a  Domain Admin
> User account which keeps getting locked out, it is not used by any
> programs etc. and i'm pretty sure I don't have any virus / spyware on
> my system.
>
> Is there any way to log the IP address of all machines that fail a
> login attempt?
>
> If I can narrow my search down to a single IP address that keeps
> trying to login with this account, that would be ideal. Does anybody
> know of a way to do this, possibly using group policy?
>
> Any help would be great.
>
> Cheers.
>
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You could filter the DCs security log for the account's failures (very much
depends on the size of your org), run NTLast from Foundstone against the
DC's security log or all machines in your domain (using a shell script and a
FOR loop, but again, no clue about the size of your org), or throw a WMI
scipt together to parse the security logs of all or a number of machines,
DCs, etc.

There are problems with these suggestions, such as if the "attacker" ever
unplugs the target machine, but it's a place to start.

It'd help, too, if you shared more details about the environment.

Good luck.

-jp



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