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The evolution of Windows authentication

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Matthew_Palko
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Oct 11, 2023
As Windows evolves to meet the needs of our ever-changing world, the way we protect users must also evolve to address modern security challenges. A foundational pillar of Windows security is user aut...
Updated Nov 11, 2023
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Alban1998
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Oct 12, 2023

Hello,

Interesting changes. Some questions here :

- Which Windows versions will include these changes ? I read Windows 11, what about Windows 10 ? What about Windows Server ?

- What happens during disaster recovery scenarios, when ALL domain controllers are unavailable ? Users and admins being at risk of being lock out from at least opening a cached session ? Proxying Kerberos messages won't help with that it seems.

- What about Microsoft applications potentially relying on hard-coded NTLM ? MDT, Config Manager, various admin tools, Windows Server roles etc...some of them have not been maintained for years.

 

Thanks,