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Privacy policy. Describes the best practices, location, values, policy management and security considerations for the Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares security policy setting. This policy setting enables or disables the restriction of anonymous access to only those shared folders and pipes that are named in the Network access: Named pipes that can be accessed anonymously and Network access: Shares that can be accessed anonymously settings.

This registry value toggles null session shared folders on or off to control whether the Server service restricts unauthenticated clients' access to named resources. Null sessions are a weakness that can be exploited through the various shared folders on the devices in your environment. The following table lists the actual and effective default values for this policy.

In operating systems earlier than Windows Server with Service Pack 1 SP1 , these named pipes were allowed anonymous access by default. In later operating systems, these pipes must be explicitly added if needed. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Directory Services.

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