Microsoft is making an important security change in Windows soon:
Microsoft is preparing major Windows authentication changes that further weaken NTLM's ...
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Windows Security: Microsoft Severely Restricts NTLM Usage: Windows will receive extensive security changes in June. This will initially involve the introduction ...
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