I agree.  The confidential attributes feature is interesting but
requires better documentation.   One important piece of information to
note:  You cannot mark base Schema objects confidential.

Arden


On 5/9/05, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Excellent thanks ~Eric... This looks to be a good document.
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> However, anyone else think this info on confidential attributes is a bit
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> Improved security to protect confidential attributes
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> To prevent Read access to confidential attributes, such as a Social Security
> number, while allowing Read access to other object attributes, you can
> designate specific attributes as confidential by setting a search flag on
> the respective attributeSchema object. By default, only domain
> administrators have Read access to confidential attributes, but this access
> can be delegated. For more information about access to attributes, see "How
> Security Descriptors and Access Control Lists Work" on the Microsoft Web
> site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=45972. 
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> The link takes you to a document from March 28, 2003 which I highly doubt
> has more info about confidential attributes. This is something that actually
> requires you to make changes to use, not like saying hey we also keep SID
> Histories in the tombstone objects now which doesn't take any action on the
> part of the admins....
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> Eric Fleischman
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:22 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [ActiveDir] Who was asking for a list of SP1 changes? I think it
> was this DL......
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> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C3C26254-8CE3-46E2-B1B6-3659B92B2CDE&displaylang=en
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> I didn't read it for completeness, but spot checked, and many are there.
> Though certainly not every one I'm sure.
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> ~Eric
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