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March 27, 2008 Access Denied Answers to your Windows security questions A Web Exclusive from Windows IT Pro Randy Franklin Smith Access Denied InstantDoc #98102 Windows IT Pro	Email this Article Printer Friendly Reader Comments Digg This Del.icio.us RSS
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SideBar The Risks Associated with Placing DCs at Remote Sites, The Advantage of Using an RODC Rather Than a DC, Using BitLocker, TPM, and RODCs to Prevent the Exploitation of a DC

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It’s dangerous to place a domain controller (DC) at a branch office because if an attacker can physically take over a DC, he can take over all the computers in the domain. Windows Server 2008’s read-only domain controller (RODC) feature can limit the risks associat . . .
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