Re: Multiple foreign domains within 'My network places'

It sounds like you may have users plugging unauthorized computers into your
network or authorized computers that are not a member of the domain. If
those computers have workgroup names different than your domain name they
will show in My Network Places. They should disappear a short time after
disconnecting from the network and may be why you could not see any
computers in the workgroup. Assuming you are following security best
practices such as enforcing strong passwords and configuring network
resources with the principle of least privilege those computers should not
pose a threat to accessing your network resources but they could introduce
malware into your network. You may want to reiterate your policy of no
unauthorized computers on your network to your users assuming that is your
policy. Also check the security logs of your computers such as servers and
domain controllers to see if you see users authenticating with strange
computer names which would indicate those users may be bringing their
laptops to work to access domain resources with their domain user
account.. --- Steve



"pseudotechie" <pseudotechie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:55FC6621-4033-4E9D-ABBC-2115AF30B2C3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We have a bit of a weird problem. We have a Windows 2000 based domain
with W2k and XP clients. Over the last few days, I have noticed in 'my
network places' that there are 6 other domains listed that are nothing
to do with us. These domains are not accessible and error message
stating this comes up when you double click on them. However, this is
confusing to users and is potentially a security breach. I have no idea
of how to start troubleshooting this. Any suggestions anyone? Has
anyone seen this before?


Thanks.


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