Inside Active Directory: Misconceptions, Myths and Bugs (Part 2) – DN Reference Corruptions and undocumented RootDSE mods

It’s been a while, sorry for the delay – reality and customer demands caught me with after the Hybrid Identity Protection Conference (HIP) Europe 2026…

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Monitored guidance in the same product area; this does not establish that the article cites each page.

• NTLMv1 hardening guidance
• SMB signing hardening guidance
• AD LDAP signing and channel binding
• AD LDAP signing enforcement policies
• AD LDAP session security requirements