Re: Security for Win XP Home

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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:05:27 -0400 (EDT)
To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com

As it was written on Sep 10, thus Anderson, Kelly typed:

Kelly: Return-Path:
Kelly: <focus-ms-return-6043-sbirl=temple.edu@securityfocus.com>
Kelly: Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:01:41 -0400
Kelly: From: "Anderson, Kelly" <kjanders@umich.edu>
Kelly: To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
Kelly: Subject: Security for Win XP Home
Kelly:
Kelly: Hello. I'm trying to advise a friend about how to better secure his
Kelly: WinXP Home machine, and have not found anything that explains how this
Kelly: can be done. This is a home machine, on an always-on cable modem, with
Kelly: very un-savvy users.
Kelly:
Kelly: All the books on XP Home I've found are pretty dumbed-down. And most of
Kelly: the articles I've found discuss XP Pro and include a "blurb" about
Kelly: such-and-such not being available in XP Home. Thus far, I've discovered
Kelly: that the Local Users and Groups is not available, and that all
Kelly: connections authenticate as "guest". This is uncomfortable for someone
Kelly: who deals with domain security.
Kelly:
Kelly: For instance, it seems that to get administrator access, one must boot
Kelly: to safe mode? And what about local security policies? I'm very
Kelly: familiar with locking down an XP Pro machine, both inside and outside
Kelly: Active Directory domains, but can't seem to understand what's up with
Kelly: Home. Anyone have any advice?
Kelly:
Kelly: -Kelly

I have an input file for SecEdit.exe that you can use.
http://concept.temple.edu/sysadmin/installers/NT-2000-XP/Bastion/Manditory.ini

It's a rough file .... I removed all of the comments.

I have a LONGER version, hidden in that same directory, which goes into
detail with comments and more options. email me separately if
interested.

Thanks

 Scott Birl http://concept.temple.edu/sysadmin/
 Senior Systems Administrator Computer Services Temple University
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