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Specops Password Policy Sentinel Components

This article lists all file locations and executables associated with the Specops Password Policy Sentinel on domain controllers.

File Locations

The following locations contain files associated with the Sentinel:

  • %PROGRAMFILES%\Specopsssoft\Specops Password Policy\
  • %WINDIR%\System32\SppFilter.dll
  • %WINDIR%\System32\SppFilterInfo.json
  • %WINDIR%\System32\SppFilterRes.dll

Executables

Specops Password Sentinel Service — Windows service, must run as local system. C:\Program Files\Specopssoft\Specops Password Policy\Sentinel Service\Specopssoft.SentinelService.exe

Specops Password Filter — there is no EXE associated with the filter that enforces policy rules. %WINDIR%\System32\SppFilter.dll is loaded into memory by lsass.exe on system startup.

Publication date: February 14, 2022
Modification date: February 14, 2022

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