How To Defend Against L0phtcrack v3 With Windows 2000 Group Policy Objects

There are several levels of security that must be implemented in order to provide good network security for an organization. This paper is a how-to guide for defending against a exploit and vulnerability based on an environment in which a Windows 2000 domain running in native mode. The vulnerability is weak passwords and its exploiter is none other than L0phtcrack v3 by @Stake.