Hi guys,

Is there any TechNet article explaining the situations that implement
encryption on BOTH the username AND password credentials that a user sends
during a typical authentication to a Windows NT/ 2000/ 2003 domain without
the use of any additional encryption mechanism like IPSec?

or can anyone kindly answer the following

How are user credentials sent over the wire (are they both encrypted?)
during a typical domain logon process using at least a WinNT client computer
on an NT4 domain, Win2K mixed mode domain, and Win2K3 native domain for
clean install (default) configurations? Is there a suporting Technet
article expalining this?

Thank you very much.

Re: Sending User Credentials During Authentication Process by S

S
Thu Sep 25 05:38:47 CDT 2003

You're looking at NTLM authentication for NT and Kerberos authentication fof
W2K and W2K3 (with corresponding clients) - both are using cryptography to
secure authentication credentials.

NTLM description on MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/security/security/microsoft_ntlm.asp.
Make sure you disable legacy LM and NTLMv1 and use NTLMv2 only. Samba
(www.samba.org) implements NTLM and is available in source code.

Kerberos:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/security/security/microsoft_kerberos.asp.
Also look RFCs, particularly - RFC1510. Open source implementations are also
available if you need tech nitty-gritties.

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MVP, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-



"inquirer" <inquirer2003now@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
>
> Is there any TechNet article explaining the situations that implement
> encryption on BOTH the username AND password credentials that a user sends
> during a typical authentication to a Windows NT/ 2000/ 2003 domain without
> the use of any additional encryption mechanism like IPSec?
>
> or can anyone kindly answer the following
>
> How are user credentials sent over the wire (are they both encrypted?)
> during a typical domain logon process using at least a WinNT client
computer
> on an NT4 domain, Win2K mixed mode domain, and Win2K3 native domain for
> clean install (default) configurations? Is there a suporting Technet
> article expalining this?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
>