Re: SP4 and n-2 password protection?

From: Dean Wells (dwells_at_mask.msetechnology.com)
Date: 06/29/03 

Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 08:38:18 -0400

Interesting comment Joe, I submitted the exact same feature request to
WinSE a couple of months ago as a suggested replacement to the current
n-2 mechanism.

Dean 

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"Joe Richards [MVP]" <humorexpress@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ah yes, that is supposed to be in there, I forgot about that one. I
agree if it made it in it should be documented in
> the list of changes.
>
> Good fix, personally I would also like to see a fix where if the same
password is being sent over and over again even if
> it isn't one of the last two it won't lock the account. Obviously if
the same password is constantly being sent, it
> isn't a hack attempt which lockouts are in place to prevent.
>
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> Joe Richards
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> "Scott" <spauseREMOVETHIS@excite.com> wrote in message
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> > There was some ammount of advertising earlier this year
> > regarding a new capability coming with SP4 and Windows
> > 2003 called N-2 password protection.  It was designed to
> > protect accounts from being locked out from there last
> > two valid passwords.
> >
> > This is a critical feature that my company desperately
> > needs.   There is ZERO documentation regarding the
> > inclusion of this and other related fixes in SP4.
> >
> > Could someone at MS please assist with tracking this
> > down?  It would also be highly advised to post this
> > information in the SP4 Readme if it is included as this
> > changes account lockout behavior and could be unexpected.
>
>

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