XP Event Viewer Security Log.

[David Jones]

Some amount of anonymous logon attempts are normal. This
simply means that some connection attempt did not present
a username or password. This can be caused by a myriad
of things, and in most cases is fine.

Anonymous logons have very restricted permissions and
cannot do anything to damage your computer unless you've
changed their permissions from the default.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello All.
>
>I've just been looking at the XP Administrative Tools >
>Computer Management > Event Viewer > Security log and
have
>found some entries relating to 'Anonymous Logon'
attempts.
>
>Is anyone able to explain what these are likely to be,
>please.
>
>Many thanks in advance,
>
>Toad.
>.
>

[Eric Fitzgerald [MSFT]]

The vast majority of anonymous access attempts are innocuous- either a
password change attempt (password change APIs are anonymous by design, since
you must present the old password to change the password, it would just be
wasted effort to require logon), or computer browsing.

Eric

--
Eric Fitzgerald
Program Manager, Windows Auditing
Microsoft Corporation

The above message is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

"David Jones" > wrote in message
...
> Some amount of anonymous logon attempts are normal. This
> simply means that some connection attempt did not present
> a username or password. This can be caused by a myriad
> of things, and in most cases is fine.
>
> Anonymous logons have very restricted permissions and
> cannot do anything to damage your computer unless you've
> changed their permissions from the default.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello All.
> >
> >I've just been looking at the XP Administrative Tools >
> >Computer Management > Event Viewer > Security log and
> have
> >found some entries relating to 'Anonymous Logon'
> attempts.
> >
> >Is anyone able to explain what these are likely to be,
> >please.
> >
> >Many thanks in advance,
> >
> >Toad.
> >.
> >