Novell NDS for Windows NT Does Not Support Restrict Anonymous Security

ID: Q184018

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

A computer running both Windows NT Server and Novell's NDS for Windows NT cannot be configured to restrict anonymous connections.


CAUSE

Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 and a hotfix for Windows NT 3.51 provide a mechanism for administrators to restrict the ability for anonymous logon users from obtaining system information. These are also known as NULL session connections. During the installation of Novell NDS, SamSrv.dll is replaced and support for this feature is not included.


STATUS

Novell NDS for Windows NT currently does not include support for restricting anonymous connections

For more information regarding Windows NT and anonymous user security, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q143474
TITLE : Restricting Information Available to Anonymous Logon Users

ARTICLE-ID: Q129457
TITLE : Anonymous Connections May Be Able to Obtain the Password Policy

ARTICLE-ID: Q178640
TITLE : Could Not Find Domain Controller When Establishing a Trust

Additional query words: nds4nt 


Keywords          : NTSrv 
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 5, 1999