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Active Directory Basics

This room will introduce the basic concepts and functionality provided by Active Directory.

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TASK 1 : Introduction

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TASK 2 : Windows Domain

In a Windows domain, credentials are stored in a centralised repository called…

Answer : Active Directory

The server in charge of running the Active Directory services is called…

Answer : Domain Controller

TASK 3 : Active Directory

Which group normally administrates all computers and resources in a domain?

Answer : Domain Admins

What would be the name of the machine account associated with a machine named TOM-PC?

Answer : TOM-PC$

Suppose our company creates a new department for Quality Assurance. What type of containers should we use to group all Quality Assurance users so that policies can be applied consistently to them?

Answer : Organizational Units

TASK 4 : Managing Users in AD

What was the flag found on Sophie’s desktop?

After setting up the delegation on reset password for philip, we can now change sophie password and initiate a force password change at next logon :

SetADAccountPassword SetADAccountPassword

Then when login to sophie’s account, we’ll be prompted to change the password :

Sophie Session Sophie Session

Once logged in, we can retreive the flag on the desktop :

Flag Flag

Answer : THM{thanks_for_contacting_support}

The process of granting privileges to a user over some OU or other AD Object is called…

Answer : delegation

TASK 5 : Managing Computers in AD

After organising the available computers, how many ended up in the Workstations OU?

Computers Computers

Answer : 7

Is it recommendable to create separate OUs for Servers and Workstations? (yay/nay)

Answer : YAY

TASK 6 : Group Policies

What is the name of the network share used to distribute GPOs to domain machines?

Answer : SYSVOL

Can a GPO be used to apply settings to users and computers? (yay/nay)

Answer : YAY

TASK 7 : Authentication Methods

Will a current version of Windows use NetNTLM as the preferred authentication protocol by default? (yay/nay)

Answer : NAY

When referring to Kerberos, what type of ticket allows us to request further tickets known as TGS?

Answer : Ticket Granting Tickets

When using NetNTLM, is a user’s password transmitted over the network at any point? (yay/nay)

Answer : NAY

TASK 8 : Tress, Forests and Trusts

What is a group of Windows domains that share the same namespace called?

Answer : tree

What should be configured between two domains for a user in Domain A to access a resource in Domain B?

Answer : A trust relationship

TASK 9 : Conclusion

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