Re: About default sharing folders in Windows

["Mark Kockerbeck" <temp2 () technosushi com>]

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet but below is a link that should
be of some help.
http://is-it-true.org/nt/atips/atips2.shtml

-Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jimi Thompson" <jimit () myrealbox com>
To: <netsecurity.guide () about com>
Cc: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 5:19 PM
Subject: RE: About default sharing folders in Windows


> > <SNIP>
> >
> > I believe there might be a way in the registry to remove the
> > administrative shares altogether, but whether there is or isn't you need
> > to make sure you have strong passwords for the administrator account and
> > you should assign a strong password to the Guest account even if you
> > keep the account disabled.
> </SNIP>
>
> I strongly suggest renaming the local Administrator and Guest account
> to something that is not easily guessed at.  In addition, you should
> probably create "dummy" accounts named "Administrator" and "Guest"
> that have no rights/no group memberships and are disabled.  Monitor
> the dummy accounts closely for log in attempts.
>
> If you machines are going to be exposed to the Internet, you will
> have to hack the registry to remove the all the default shares.
> Technet has several fine articles on this.
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Ms. Jimi Thompson, CISSP, Rev.
>
> "Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being
> governed by those who are dumber." --Plato
>
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