Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based (including secure RPC) clients
Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options
Description
Determines the minimum security standards for an application-to-application communications session for a client.
Historically, Windows NT supports two variants of challenge/response authentication for network logons:
| • | LAN Manager (LM) challenge/response |
| • | NTLM version 1 challenge/response) |
LM allows interoperability with the installed base of clients and servers. NTLM provides improved security for connections between clients and servers.
Default: No requirements.
Important
| • | This setting applies to any Windows 2000 computers, but it is not viewable from those computers. |
For more information, see:
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