You can encrypt the traffic on your network by enabling IPSEC and using
Certs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/security/ipsecste
ps.asp

This will defeat non-domain computers from sniffing the traffic.

Does this help you in anyway?

-JMB 

        |  -----Original Message-----
        |  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
        |  Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:03 PM
        |  To: [email protected]
        |  Subject: Changing local admin PW using vb logon 
        |  script - can it be encrypted?
        |  
        |  Hi all,
        |  
        |  Long time lurker, first time poster.  We have 
        |  roughly 500 computers that we'd like to change the 
        |  local admin passwords on.  We realize the security 
        |  risks of having 1 password on all of our computers 
        |  and are willing to assume that risk.  We've 
        |  developed a VB script that we can implement as a 
        |  logon script that works perfectly to change the 
        |  password.  We do not want this script sent along as 
        |  clear text if we can avoid it.  Is there any way we 
        |  can encrypt this script?  
        |  
        |  We've looked at options such as using Windows 
        |  permissions to either deny Domain Users access 
        |  (preventing anyone from reading the script) or 
        |  allowing only Domain Computers Read Only 
        |  access...however I think that if you are logged into a 
        |  local computer you should be able to read the 
        |  script.  Not to mention, if you could capture the 
        |  packets, you could easily find the script and its 
        |  contents so permissions would matter at all in that 
        |  scenario.  
        |  
        |  Any help and/or insight is greatly appreciated.
        |  
        |  Best,
        |  ...tom
        |  
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