LSA Secret Limitation Increased to 4096 in WinNT 4.0

ID: Q129815


The information in this article applies to:

Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, and 3.51 have a limit of 256 local security authority (LSA) secrets. This limit has been increased to 4096 in Windows NT version 4.0.

The client side of a trust relationship consumes one LSA secret. LSA secrets are used for other purposes (most notably, trust relationships and for saving service passwords), so you should not use all of them for trusts. It is best not to consume more than half of the LSA secrets for domain trust.

Additional query words: 3.10 status_too_many_secrets ntlsa.h


Keywords          : kbother ntsecurity NTSrvWkst 
Version           : WinNT:3.1,3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform          : winnt 
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Last Reviewed: March 2, 1999