Welcome folks,
another Post on Security
of Windows
Operating system for you. This will cover the policy layering up for password
on your Windows
7 and Windows
8.
Introduction to
Windows password Management
Before I begin, I
would like to explain how Windows saves your passwords on system. Windows uses
Encryption schemes like any other OS and Save the Passwords of different users
along with its name, group and permission in SAM file.
SAM files stored in
C:/Windows/ directory in hidden and Non Accessible form, this mean you or any
other person cannot read or access this file when Windows is running. Not only
this, if one gets access to it, they will not be able to see your passwords due
to encrypted form of it.
But some people
having bad intention can have access to your Windows SAM files and even they
can decrypt or Hit and try many Passwords with some software until your
passwords got match.
So Windows
Administrator needs to be aware and create a stronger policy for their user and
organization.
There is no other
way to gain your Password if you follow these Ultimate
ways to create strongest passwords.
You need to adopt
some extra steps for your Windows Usergroup to make them and your Entire system
safe even for strongest attack.
Windows
Administrative tool will let you do all those things.
Open Start and Type
Admin, Select Windows Administrative tool from search and open it.
In Administrative
tool, open Local security policy
Navigate to Account
policies > Password Policy
There you’ll see 6
options that can change the entire Windows security to unbreakable one.
I am going to cover
up 4 of them, you can follow instruction and you’re done.
Maximum Password age:
Especially if you
are the part of big organization, one recommends to change the passwords
frequently. You can force uses to change the Passwords at frequent time.
Just double click
on this option, select the desire limit of day after which user will need to
change the password. User’s password will not be applicable if he/she doesn’t
change it.
Minimum password length:
Time require to crack
the passwords depends on the length of password, so better force your user and
entire system to use passwords of at least 8 character length by setting this option
from here. You can allow using maximum password length 14. Longer will be
password, stronger will be protection.
Password must meet minimum complexity requirement:
The final war
against attack is here, most of the software that attack for passwords, uses
dictionary word, character etc. using special character case sensitive letters
and number along with them in password will make it almost impossible to break
your password.
It may seem
difficult to create such complex passwords, specially to remember them. Here I
have written Tips
to create stronger and easy to remember password, You can read and learn to
create.
Storing Password using Reversible encryption:
This is equivalent
to saving your password in plain text instead of encrypted one. It will be far
easier to predict this plane text. So for better security “Never enable this feature in your Windows”.
Beside this you can
set minimum password age and password history as per your choice. This doesn’t
have special meanings that need to explain.
Using these
policies effectively, your Windows system will be like impossible to break
into. Have great time. Also don’t forget to share this post with your friends
and protect your computer by setting BIOS password in it.
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