http://blogs.technet.com/grouppolicy/archive/2008/08/04/passwords-in-group-policy-preferences.aspxHave you ever wanted to configure a preference item to include a specific user name and password? You can do so in several types of preference items, but you should first consider the security ramifications of embedding a user name and password in a preferenceen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/grouppolicy/archive/2008/08/04/passwords-in-group-policy-preferences.aspx#3102613Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:54:18 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3102613Matt Johnson's Technical Adventures<p>You Had Me At EHLO... : Understanding Exchange 2007 Memory Usage and its use of the Paging File SeanDaniel.com</p> http://blogs.technet.com/grouppolicy/archive/2008/08/04/passwords-in-group-policy-preferences.aspx#3131201Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:26:38 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3131201tojo2000<p>So, then... &nbsp;In what way are they not secure? &nbsp;Are you saying that the password could potentially be extracted from the AES 256-encrypted string eventually given enough time, or are you saying that the password-changing algorithms might not be secure enough for some scenarios if someone has enough access to the syetem?</p> <p>I guess what I'd like to be able to do is determine to a reasonable extent whether my current kludgy hack is more secure than GPP.</p> http://blogs.technet.com/grouppolicy/archive/2008/08/04/passwords-in-group-policy-preferences.aspx#3159235Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:43:44 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3159235Илья Сазонов<p>Если вы попробовали вкус Group Policy Preference, то уже не сможете от них отказаться. А если так,...</p> http://blogs.technet.com/grouppolicy/archive/2008/08/04/passwords-in-group-policy-preferences.aspx#3159236Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:44:44 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3159236Илья Сазонов<p>Если вы попробовали вкус Group Policy Preference, то уже не сможете от них отказаться. А если так,...</p>