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Question #: 171
Topic #: 1
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What is kept in the following directory? HKLM\SECURITY\Policy\Secrets

  • A. Cached password hashes for the past 20 users
  • B. Service account passwords in plain text
  • C. IAS account names and passwords
  • D. Local store PKI Kerberos certificates
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️
by deadguy1000 at Jan. 23, 2021, 12:21 p.m.

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justguessing
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Not plain text!
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stickerbush1970
3 years, 5 months ago
The Local Security Authority (LSA) in Windows is designed to manage a systems security policy, auditing, logging users on to the system, and storing private data such as service account passwords. The LSA secrets are stored under the HKLM:\Security\Policy\Secrets key.
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deadguy1000
3 years, 5 months ago
I dont think any keys are stored in plain text, at least for newer versions of windows. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/use-powershell-to-decrypt-lsa-secrets-from-the-registry/#:~:text=The%20Local%20Security%20Authority%20(LSA,Security%5CPolicy%5CSecrets%20key.
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