AD will authenticate any machine?

From: J Barkwin (jbarkwin@yahoo.com)
Date: 12/19/02

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    From: jbarkwin@yahoo.com (J Barkwin)
Date: 18 Dec 2002 19:51:43 -0800

    Hi. Junior Net Admin question/curiosity...

    How come our NT 4 domain would not allow a MACHINE to grab an IP
    address unless it was a member of the domain, but when we upgraded to
    AD any MACHINE from any domain or workgroup can plug in and get onto
    the network?

    I suppose it's not a huge deal because the USER still has to
    authenticate to get into the resource they want to get into. However,
    I don't like the idea of anyone bringing strange boxes in and being
    able to "look around".

    Is that just the way AD is or do we need to turn some switch on, or...
    yuch... authenticate by approved MAC address only?

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