How to determine password expiration

Recently this iSeries user wrote in with a question about password expiration. He writes, "How can I tell if a user's password does not expire? I've used the user profile report, but all it gives me for expiration values are 0's or -1's for all of the users." Can you help? Michelle Davidson Editor...

MichelleDavidson515 pointsBadges:

Internet Explorer vs. Firefox

Hello, I'm the Assistant Editor on SearchWindowsSecurity.com. I'm looking to start a discussion about what browser people are using and why. Also, is anyone considering switching from IE to Firefox, or are your plans to stay with IE? Here's some food for thought... As of Feb. 2005, an estimated 35...

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layer 2 & layer 3 switch

Hi All, what is the basic difference between layer 2 & layer 3 switch. how can configure layer 2 & layer3 managable switch

Psharma11760 pointsBadges:

laptop login

WinXP laptop, part of domain, when disconnected frm domain uses cached login. While disconnected, changed from domain member to workgroup member. :( Now login only has name/pwd text boxes - can't get domain selection box. Thus, can't login. How to get domain option back at login screen? (How to...

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Network Connection Freezes

For some reason, at random, among 20 PCs on my network, in the morning or during the day, the network connection stops responding for both intranet and internet communications. The only solution thus far is to remove the NIC from the Device Manager, reboot the PC, and let Windows XP Pro find the...

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Allow regular user to unlock screensaver locked computer

We have the problem that in a multiuser environment users either lock their computers, or have the screensaver automatically lock it, and leave the workstation. As a result, nobody else can use that computer. By default, only the current user or an adminstrator can unlock the computer. I would like...

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Procedures for a new area

We are a company where we have experience on network remote administration and now we have open a new area, The area of security. Now I need to start to make new procedures like when a new customer come to us and ask if we can handle the security for his network. I need to know if some one can...

Millan0 pointsBadges:

Secret Service and identity theft

I was researching the TJX data breach (since I was a victim) and found myself being directed to the Secret Service Web site. What’s up with that?

Margaret Rouse50,470 pointsBadges:

Critical Error in Security Log

All, I manage a Windows 2003 Small Business Server Network with 9 clients. The server provides all network services. We use Logon/logoff, shared storage, and print server functions. We do not use exchange except for the server reporting tool. We do use about 4 instances of SQL. All clients are...

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Data vs. perimeter vs. network security

A short time ago, author Wes Noonan wrote some tips for SearchWindowsSecurity.com about deperimeterization. He explained how security is always pitted against business needs, and perimeters have become porous because businesses require traffic from SMTP, HTTP or VPNs to pass through the firewall....

RobynLorusso230 pointsBadges:

Single Sign On with Windows NT and IIS and Domino

Hi there, my dear peers, What solutions do you know for the following situation: A user has logged in into Windows NT using a certain name/password combination. He then starts his web browser and opens an application on an IIS web server (same domain) where he must be authenticated without entering...

HenkeS0 pointsBadges:

Migrating from Novell 6.5 to Windows ???

Hi, In the coming weeks I'm going to be migrating our file storage data from a novell netware 6.5 server to a windows 2003 server...basically for financial reasons. And I feel netware and microsoft are moving to far apart and it just doesnt run as smoothly as it used to... My question is what would...

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Tracking the computer or source of an email

system: Ex 2003 back-end cluster, Ex 2003 Network Load Balanced Front end. Hi there, A user's account has become comprimised. They have since changed their password, but there are a few mails sent from their account that they did not send. Is it possible to find out the source ie PC hostname or IP...

Maclanachu0 pointsBadges:

AS400 Single Sign On – Windows Server 2008

I am attpemting to athenticate using kerberos on Active Directory - Windows Server 2008. The System i configuration planning documentation maps the user account to the principal on Windows 2000 using ktpass. Published documentation for Windows server addresses Windows server 200 and 2003. How is...

Marz355 pointsBadges:

Application Access Control Management

Is there an enterprise wide software management program that can manage access to our web-based applications, vendor specific programs located thru out the entire company, and our MS applications, including MS Outlook? In other words, we would like to control all of the various software programs...

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oracle internet directory application developer’s guide — dbms_ldap_utl sample code doesn’t work

Hi, all I'm trying to set up Oracle Internet Directory Rel 9. I'm trying to use APIs provided in Application Developer's Guide. I started by copying and trying to run the examples given in the guide. My procedure connects to LDAP, authenticates me, but won't create a user. (Actually, it passes the...

Paulina0 pointsBadges:

Password Self-service solution for AS400

We have AS400, Active Directory, a bit SAP to. This means that some of our users have more than 5 passwords to remember – which they of course can’t. As a result we have many calls to the HelpDesk for support. We have looked at Single Sign On solutions, but we find them rather complicated. We...

FrankJo40 pointsBadges:

ID Theft and National Security

If it turns out, as I believe, that enemies of the United States are behind a lot of the major ID thefts in the US, that would mean that a lot of money is going to our enemies. Can we therefore surmise that those who mishandle our identity information, by means of their poor stewardship of our...

InfoSafety75 pointsBadges:

windows password question

I recently purchased a computer from a "going out of business" sale for my fathers business and when I try to logon to Windows I get the logon screen with domain. I have a valid username and password but obviously i am not connected to a domain. I need to bypass this if possible. The safe mode...

Minxcomp10 pointsBadges:

Best practices involving admin rights for user on user system

We are currently in the middle of figuring out the approach we are going to take in regard to a user having admin rights on their system. Typcially we set up a new user as an administrator on their system when they are logged into the domain. They don't have a local admin account on the system,...

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