Re: Password policy

From: Joe Richards [MVP] (humorexpress_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:35:31 -0400

Oh yeah, unless you are a strong Windows C++ programmer, you do not want to be
tackling writing password filters. It is not the place to learn how to do good
Windows porgramming as you can induce instability and insecurity in your domain
controllers. 

--
Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net
JASON WOODARD wrote:
> Wow, I think this is all above my head...  I may just run my dsmodify script 
> that I wrote manually.  I tried to figure out the filters, but don't 
> understand it at all.
> 
> 
> "Joe Richards [MVP]" <humorexpress@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:%23xOLfRn1FHA.3060@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 
>>It doesn't, nothing does except a process that hunts down IDs and expires 
>>them on the spot.
>>
>>--
>>Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
>>www.joeware.net
>>
>>
>>Herb Martin wrote:
>>
>>>"ANIXIS" <anixis@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>>news:1129898918.797385.47820@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Yes there is
>>>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/secmgmt/security/password_filters.asp
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I knew about the filters, but didn't know it included overriding
>>>the expiration.
>>>
> 
> 
>

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