Network access: Allow anonymous SID/Name translation

Information

Network access: Allow anonymous SID/name translation

This security setting determines if an anonymous user can request security identifier (SID) attributes for another user.

If this policy is enabled, a user with knowledge of an administrator's SID could contact a computer that has this policy enabled and use the SID to get the administrator's name.

Default on workstations and member servers: Disabled.
Default on domain controllers: Enabled.

Solution

Policy Path: Local Policies\Security Options
Policy Name: Network access: Allow anonymous SID/Name translation

See Also

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55319

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 969d09df3f2a8d54e446d0395891843a6188bd59de525fdc4ab1376d653c8b5b