Introduction

• Some good reasons to study Active Directory network protocols

  • Demystify Active Directory, looking at the protocols on the wire
  • Help to analyze network traces for troubleshooting purposes
  • Discover protocols involved in typical Active Directory deployments
    • Useful to implement a network security policy

• Why is it possible today?

  • Active Directory network protocols have been documented over the years and are now well understood
  • ethereal, the open-source network analyzer of choice
    • has an excellent support of Active Directory network protocols
    • can be used effectively to analyze network traffic in AD domains