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Copyright © 2004 by Course Technology. All rights reserved.This publication is protected by federal copyright law. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior permission in writing from Course Technology. Some of the product names and company names have been used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufactures and sellers. 26 Chapter 3 Security Basics LAB 3.1 USING THE WINDOWS SERVER 2003 LOCAL PASSWORD POLICY SETTINGS FOR LENGTH Objectives Authentication is the process of verifying a person’s identity for the purposes of allowing access to a computer system. For authentication to work properly in a networking environment, a user name and password are required. Unfortunately, many people take authentication lightly and do not follow basic security principles.They share passwords with others and sometimes even write passwords down.Enforcing security policies can be difficult,especially for large companies.Another problem with authentication is the length of passwords; short passwords or blank passwords are easier to crack.With this in mind,Windows Server 2003 instituted a local password policy to allow you to specify the minimum length for passwords. After completing this lab, you will be able to: Modify the Windows Server 2003 local security policy Change the “Minimum password length” password policy Materials Required This lab requires the following: A Windows Server 2003 server configured as a stand-alone server Administrator access to the server Two user-level accounts: User1 and User2 (each account should have the password set to “password”) Estimated completion time: 15 minutes ACTIVITY 1. Log on to the Windows Server 2003 server as Administrator. 2. Click Start, click All Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click Local Security Policy. 3. Expand Account Policies. 4. Click Password Policy.You see a screen that resembles Figure 3-1. 5. Double-click Minimum password length. 6. Change the characters value from 0 to 9, as shown in Figure 3-2.
Copyright © 2004 by Course Technology. All rights reserved.This publication is protected by federal copyright law. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior permission in writing from Course Technology. Some of the product names and company names have been used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufactures and sellers. Lab 3.1 Using the Windows Server 2003 Local Password Policy Settings for Length 27 3 Figure 3-1 Local security settings Figure 3-2 Setting the minimum password length The current password for user accounts is “password.” This verifies that the change worked. 7. Click OK. 8. Close all windows and log off. 9. Log on as User1;Windows allows you to use the existing password. 10. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete. 11. Click Change Password. 12. Type password for the old password.
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