Deploying Collectors for NULL Password
Report Templates

Identifying accounts with blank passwords is an important way to keep your Windows network secure.

Quest Reporter provides two report templates for identifying such accounts:

•	Users with NULL Passwords

The data collection process attempts to log on to the network with each user account using a blank password. In some environments, this could have unintended consequences such as account lockouts.

•	Users with NULL Passwords (Agent)

The data collection uses an agent installed on the DC to search for accounts with blank passwords. The agent need only be installed on one DC per accounts domain in your environment. The data collector queries the security services located on the DC.

You can deploy collectors to Windows 2000 DCs or later.

If you deployed NULL password collector agents with earlier versions of Reporter, you have to redeploy them after you upgrade to Reporter 6.4 before you can run the Users with NULL Passwords (Agent) report template. For more information on upgrading to Reporter 6.4, see the Reporter Installation and Deployment Guide.