On 9 Jun, Jesus Gonzalez wrote:
> Hi All,
> please excuse this message since it's a bit off topic, but I could use your
> expert opinions to give me some backup.
>
> There is a programmer in our company who seems to think that he is above all
> of our policies and procedures. Yes, he is a new guy but has endeared
> himself to his manager (as the Director of IT, I report to someone else
> entirely). He's continusouly installing applications on his machine and the
> servers because he says he needs them, even though policy clearly states
> that only IT is allowed to install authorized applications on all
> workstations, and certainly the servers. He even changed the local admin
> password and refused to give it to us, and he's password protected his bios.
> That stunt earned him a fresh image and a CMOS clear and OUR password in the
> bios.
> So we finally had no choice but to lock his system down (a Win2K box) and
> not give him the local admin password so he can't install anything.
> Naturally we were well aware of programs like l0phtcrack and others to break
> the admin password, but never though he'd resort to it. Sure enough, he's
> downloaded it, and while he's been out of town, he's yet to use it. He's
> also downloaded the Win2K high encryption pack, my guess is that he intends
> to crack and change the local admin password, then install the HE pack in
> hopes of preventing us from doing what he just did (can you say REimage).
> It's stupid, I know. And I can't believe I'm having this battle.
>
> I would like to know what policies people have in place for users who
> attempt to crack passwords using such tools? When I spoke to HR and spoke
> in general terms, the Director said she would fire anyone who did that.
> When I told her who it was, she backed off and said 'oh, that will be
> tough'. I guess I'm just looking for others who have dealt with this, or
> who have clear and tested policies in place so that I may have something to
> back me up when push comes to shove.
>
> Thanks in advance!
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Here's some things to do:
1 - Install the High Encryption pack yourself.
2 - Change the adminstrator password to be something like a&83_+#z,~
(^. You get the point. Fill as many characters as Win2k will allow.
Use at least one space. If possible, throw a ctrl+m in there.
3 - Rename the administrator account to something like "guest". Rename
"guest" from administrator.
4 - If he's already started L0phtcrack, you can find out where he is by
looking at the data files. Then just change the password to something
that's already been tried.
5 - As a normal user, remember that he can't read the passwords. Make
sure than the rights on \WINNT\repair are set to admin and system only.
No user should be allowed to read anything in this directory.
6 - Install SMS on his machine. Take control.
That's all that I can come up with off the top of my head.
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