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AD & Kerberos Fundamentals
The objects, protocols and stores an attacker reasons over: directory structure, Kerberos flow, NTLM, and where the secrets live.
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Active Directory Structure
objects, OUs, domains, trees, forests, sites
Domain Controller & FSMO Roles
LDAP / LDAPS
directory protocol
SMB
Server Message Block
SAM Database
Local Account Store
NTDS.dit
AD Database
LSASS
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service
Service Accounts vs Machine Accounts
Service Principal Name
SPN
Kerberos Authentication
AD
TGT and TGS
the two Kerberos tickets
Kerberos Pre-Authentication
Kerberos PAC
Privilege Attribute Certificate
Kerberos Encryption Types
RC4 / AES128 / AES256
KRBTGT Account
NTLM Authentication
ccache
Kerberos credential cache
Group Managed Service Accounts
gMSA
LAPS
Local Administrator Password Solution
AD Tiering Model
Tier 0 / 1 / 2
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