fileacl.exe on a usb stick? Heh.

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 00:34, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, but if they get around the restrictions that I have implemented, then
> they can have a job :-) They can't change the false proxy because they are
> locked out of the inetcpl.cpl, the regedit tool and the reg.exe tool via
> NTFS permissions. And they can't change the NTFS permissions on the files
> because they are locked out of rshx32.dll and cacls.exe via NTFS
> permissions. There is probably a way around it, but even if they do get
> around it, WebSense will alert me straight away to the traffic flowing from
> these hosts, in which case I can go and offer them a post in first-line
> support.
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> 2009/4/23 Ken Schaefer <[email protected]>
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>> If they are administrators, they can defeat GPOs given sufficient
>> knowledge...
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>> Cheers
>> Ken
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: James Rankin [[email protected]]
>> Sent: Thursday, 23 April 2009 5:12 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: Restricted groups, where have you been....
>>
>> For those who can remember the NT4 days, GPOs as a whole are an awesome
>> admin tool. When I managed an NT4 network with 10,000 users I actually had
>> batch scripts running overnight that reset the user rights on all DCs and
>> members servers, checked the local group memberships and altered them back
>> to a default if they'd changed. Group Policy finally made my life easy.
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>> I just recently implemented a group policy that blocks internet access on
>> our few scanning workstations even though the users are admins...a
>> combination of a false proxy and restrictive file permissions on
>> inetcpl.cpl, regedit, reg.exe, rshx32.dll and cacls.exe has done the trick.
>> Power is great!!!!
>>
>> 2009/4/22 David Lum <[email protected]>
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>>> …all my life! We are just getting to use this feature and it’s DA BOMB!
>>> Being able to add users to local groups w/out affecting the existing
>>> memberships is awesome!
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>>> We are narrowing down how many Domain Admins we have and this feature is
>>> *hugely* helpful in delegating to non domain admins.
>>>
>>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
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