Domain Admin access not a big deal? Morons. I wouldn't let any third parties near a Domain Admin account.
On 3 August 2010 19:15, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. Yes, we are required to do this. It's supposed to be for information > gathering only, but we're trying to cover our backsides, in case they mess > something up. > Yes, we can gain benefit, in that we can use this to get WMI access for > our Orion product. > 2. Documentation is a difficult thing. The wording of their message is > such that they feel it's not a big deal for us to just give them a domain > admin account to play with. > > >>> Steven Peck <[email protected]> 8/3/2010 10:49 AM >>> > To be honest the real questions are; > 1. Are you required to do this? (Usually yes) > - if yes, can you gain benefit? (Usually you can) > 2. Do they have documentation on least privilege necessary for their > tools to run? > > > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Free, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > > My experience with WMI and CMDB or security scanner products tells me > > you are out of luck, at some point, the information they require is > > situated such that they require admin privs just to be able to read it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:18 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: WMI information gathering > > > > Anyone have any idea on this one? > > > >>>> Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> 8/2/2010 3:42 PM >>> > > We have a group that wants to come in, and "scan our servers" to gather > > information. We want to cooperate with this effort, but we don't want > > to give them access to be able to write back to the servers. Is this > > possible? Is there a tool that can be used without an admin account, in > > order to gather information from within WMI? Please contact offline for > > further details, if needed. As always, I sincerely appreciate any > > assistance any of you may be able to provide. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
