Event-o-Pedia EventID 617 - Kerberos Policy Changed [Win 2000 / 2003]

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EventID 617 - Kerberos Policy Changed [Win 2000 / 2003]

Indicates that a change to the GPO named "Kerberos Policy" was successfully applied on the specified computer.

Note:
This event is logged only on Domain Controllers.
On Windows 2000 this event gets logged each time the Domain Controller applies the policy.
On Windows 2003 this problem has been corrected the event is only logged when an actual change to the policy has been detected.

Find more information about this event on ultimatewindowssecurity.com.

Corresponding events on other OS versions:

Windows 2008

EventID 4713 - Kerberos policy was changed

Sample:

Event Type:     Success Audit
Event Source:   Security
Event Category: Policy Change
Event ID:       617
Date:           11/13/2009
Time:           11:32:55
User:           NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer:       DC1
Description:    
Kerberos Policy Changed:
Changed By:
	User Name:	DC1$
	Domain Name:	LOGISTICS
	Logon ID:	(0x0,0x3E7)
Changes made:
('--' means no changes, otherwise each change is shown as:
<ParameterName>: <new value> (<old value>))
KerOpts: 0x0 (0x80);  KerLogoff: 0x10544800000000 (0xfca7800000000);

Log Type:

Windows Event Log

Uniquely Identified By:

Log Name:

Security

Filtering Field	Equals to Value
OSVersion	Windows 2000 Windows 2003
Category	Policy Change
Source	Security
EventId	617

Field Matching

Field	Description	Stored in	Sample Value
DateTime	Date/Time of event origination in GMT format.	DateTime	10.10.2000 19:00:00
Source	Name of an Application or System Service originating the event.	Source	Security
Type	Warning, Information, Error, Success, Failure, etc.	Type	Success
User	Domain\Account name of user/service/computer initiating event.	User	RESEARCH\Alebovsky
Computer	Name of server workstation where event was logged.	Computer	DC1
EventID	Numerical ID of event. Unique within one Event Source.	EventId	576
Description	The entire unparsed event message.	Description	Special privileges assigned to new logon.
Log Name	The name of the event log (e.g. Application, Security, System, etc.)	LogName	Security
Category	A name for a subclass of events within the same Event Source.	Category	Logon/Logoff
User Name	Account name of the user that made the change. As Kerberos policy is applied through Group Policy Objects (not directly) this field will always reflect the name of the computer where the event was logged.	InsertionString1
Domain Name	Domain name of the user in the User Name field	InsertionString2
Logon ID	ID of the logon session of the user that made the change (see User Name field). Useful for tracking other user activity during the same logon session.	InsertionString3
Changes made	'--' means no changes, otherwise each change is shown in round brackets	InsertionString4