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Questions tagged [domain-security]

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.com registration details leaked

I recently registered a .com domain name though a well known registrar. I made the mistake of adding my phone number to the domain. The domain name is fairly obscure, and I registered it for an extended period (5 years). There is no publicly…
davidgo
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Given a safe domain, are subdirectories safe as well?

Let's suppose that the URL www.imgur.com is a safe domain and it's associated with an online image sharing community. Given that, a guy sent me a link to a subfolder of the previous "safe" domain, let's call it "www.imgur.com/a/subfoldername". For I…
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Repeatedly getting "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed"

This problem keeps occurring at random on domain network that I have set up.. This problem occurs only is I use windows 7(pro x64) and does not occur for XP(pro x86 and x64). Rejoining the client on domain controller solves the problem temporarily…
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Is a Reverse proxy works the same as like a CDN

I heard Facebook uses Content Delivery Network(cdn) for loading things faster. Think if I want to load an image, this time it loads from CDN. And it doesn't show the actual address of CDN. A reverse proxy is also used for hiding a particular server…
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Remove admin domain in Chrome OS

I would like to ask a question about resetting a Chromebook that I recently got after my graduation a week ago. I followed the steps to go to Developer Mode and wipe the Chromebook, yet it asks me to log in with the domain name of our school. How…
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This website contains unencrypted elements?

I purchased a SSL certificate for my website and it is displaying a warning icon and warning message. This website does not supply identity information. The connection to this website is not fully secure because it contains unencrypted…
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How to enable program execution blocked by domain group policy

How can i enable program execution from any path in local computer using regedit when it's blocked by domain policy? I managed to remove policy restrictions from registry but this one escaped.
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Shall I prefer to log in as machine administrator or domain administrator when repairing stations?

Which security risks are involved when I routinely log in as domain administrator to do some repair on windows machines? Shall I prefer to log as machine administrator (local user)? Can a malware spread over if a I log as domain administrator on a…
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How do I know if/when a domain user enters the admin password?

I am working it the IT department in my company. My two colleagues in my department are very intimate with some other domain users. Last week, I was asked to install a new IDE on those domain users' computers. I copied the setup files in a shared…
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How public DNS works?

If I have a small enterprise network with some web servers and a DNS with DNSSEC for signing the zone file. I can edit the zone file and configure the mapping (name -> IP) in addition to any other mappings, e.g. TXT records, etc. then sign the file.…
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Is this a homograph attack?

I got a link of addidas website showing some offers. But when i had a close look, the address have some suspicious difference. www-adidạs-com here 'a' is different. Is this a homograph attack? http://www.adidạs.com/
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Must I purchase Windows Server to set policies or enable domain login?

If I want to setup a few Windows 7 or 8 PCs to only permit logins using domain accounts, must I fork out the cash to purchase a Windows Server for this? Or a LDAP server such as the Apache DS or even the LDAP server built in my QNAP NAS would…
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How can I restrict a user in an AD environment only to have vpn access but no directory share rights?

I'm trying to restrict an AD account to only have vpn access rights but no domain user rights. Can it be done or should I try something out of windows server's boundaries? We are using a Fortigate firewall where we defined this user to only have…
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How to find the owner of a file created on another domain?

I have a file that is owned by a user on another computer not on our domain. I am fairly certain that the original computer runs Windows Vista or 7. Our computers run Windows 7. Is there any way to identify the username of the owner of this file?…
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Issues with domain secure channel causing latency

Recently I have been experiencing severe latency issues when doing certain network transactions. I have narrowed the issue down to the domain secure channel between the workstation and the domain. I say this because when I right check the Security…
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