I know the Nessus security scanner and others say to disable anonymous NULL
connections. 0x1 is what I use at AOL. Also it is the default on Windows XP.
Try setting it to 0x1 which is a middle of the road setting and see if it
fixes your problem. It really should not break anything at that setting.

-Josh

> From: "Katie La Salle-Lowery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:23:05 -0600
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT;  user accounts getting locked out en masse;
> process is ksecdd
> 
> We found reference to this in a few different places as well.  We don't
> know if any other services are using null sessions so we don't know if
> we can disable it.  We say something that mentioned it being used for
> server->server communication.
> 
> ~Katie
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua
> Levitsky
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 6:12 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT; user accounts getting locked out en
> masse; process is ksecdd
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> From: "Katie La Salle-Lowery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:33:03 -0600
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: [IMail Forum] OT;  user accounts getting locked out en masse;
> 
>> process is ksecdd
>> 
>> Just cuz you're such an broadly experienced group I'm going to pose my
> 
>> problem of the day:
>> 
>> My User Accounts (Windows network) are getting locked out en masse.
>> Event viewer shows failed login attempts using process ksecdd.
>> 
>> I'm Googling my little heart out but if anyone in this knowledgable
>> group has any insight, I'd be in their debt.
> 
> 
> http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/firewalls/2001-q1/0248.html
> 
> http://www.tek-tips.com/gpviewthread.cfm/qid/418282/pid/55/lev2/3/lev3/1
> 9
> 
> Some people think that it is a NULL session attack. If you scan your box
> with Nessus you'll know if your box accepts NULL sessions. (By default
> all windows NT / 2k boxes do.)
> 
> Some people say that if you disable NULL sessions it will stop.
> 
> Depending on the services your systems are required to provide, it may
> be possible for you to restrict or disable anonymous null sessions on
> your Windows 2000 hosts.  This can be done through the
> 
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA key with the following
> parameters:
> 
> Value: RestrictAnonymous
> Value Type: REG_DWORD
> Value Data: 0x1 or 0x2 (Hex)
> According to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q246261 , this key can
> take on the following values:
> 
> 0x0 = None. Rely on default permissions
> 0x1 = Do not allow enumeration of SAM accounts and names
> 0x2 = No access without explicit anonymous permissions
> 
> Windows XP sets the RestrictAnonymousSam key to 0x1 by default.
> 
> -Josh
> 
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