Archive for the 'Security' Category

Bitlocker Drive Encryption, Group Policy and ADUC

Just a quick note on two things that I’ve found. Both involve Bitlocker - one is just a command you’ll probably find useful and the other one’s pretty well documented on the internet — but I’ll add it as a reference.
When looking up stuff for Bitlocker, you’ll notice that Microsoft’s recommendation is to define Bitlocker […]

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DCs and virtualization

Okay, this “Can I virtualize my DCs?” topic has been around for a while and since there was another questions in the newsgroups, I thought I’d just throw in my opition and the gotchas on this. I won’t make this a long posting, I’ll just name the issues with a short explaination - you may […]

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Logon types in Windows Server

Here’s a list of the logon types you may find in Windows’ security event log when auditing:
2 – Interactive
Console Logons basically.Â
3 – Network
This logon happens when you’re accessing file shares using SMB for example.
4 – Batch
This is used for scheduled tasks.
5 – Service
This is used for services and service accounts that log on to […]

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