This page contains some SQL queries that can be used on an SQL Server to test some parts of the security configuration. select name from sys.sql_logins where type = 'S' and is_policy_checked <> '1' This query is only usefull when the server is configured to use ‘Mixed authentication’. Furthermore, this query is only …

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The following pages contain information about the default audit settings on Windows operating systems, how you can change these settings, how you can increase the size of the event logs, how all of this should be done via domain controller policies and on stand-alone servers/workstations. php print l(“Adjust the …

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An Audit policy determines the security events to report to administrators so that user or system activity in specified event categories is recorded. The administrator can monitor security-related activity, such as who accesses an object, when users log on to or log off from computers, or if changes are made to an …

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When many events logs are being generated, the possibility exists that events are being overwritten to quickly, which causes that important information would be lost. Increasing the maximum size of the Windows Event Logs might help to store events longer on each computer. There are 2 ways to increase the size of the …

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Having trouble finding the place where to enable auto-logon in Windows XP Professional? Since it’s not so secure, it’s well hidden. If you still want the functionality, do the following: Click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 In the list of users, highlight the user account you want automatically logged on. …

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An overview of all options and settings available in the Windows audit policy and user rights assignments. Copyright notice: All information on this page are based on the recommendations made in the “Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Security Guide” at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14845 Audit Policy You can …

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An overview of all options and settings available in the domain policy. Copyright notice: All information on this page are based on the recommendations made in the “Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Security Guide” at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14845 Password Policy Settings The following table includes the …

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Name-based virtual hosts use multiple host names for the same webserver IP address. This post show how you can create name-based virtual hosts using the iisweb command-line utility. With web browsers that support HTTP/1.1 (as nearly all now do), upon connecting to a webserver, the browsers send the address that the …

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This page explains how you can script the creation of new domains in a Windows DNS server using the dnscmd utility. For one of my projects, I needed to find a way to redirect requests from local machines to for example google.com to a local webserver. To accomplish this, I setup a DNS server, made sure that all the …

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WMIC help page [global switches] <command> The following global switches are available: NAMESPACE - Path for the namespace the alias is to operate against. Namespaces are always relative i.e. if the namespace does not begin with a '\' it will be assumed to be relative to the current namespace. USAGE: …

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