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AaronC



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Date: June 10th
What are the security implications of establishing a Cross Forest Trust between 2 Active Directory forests?
 

Hi,

We recently had a situation where we were asked by management to basically setup a cross-forest trust between our forest and that of another company that ended merging with us.

While we were initially hesitant, overall it seemed more cost-efficient to just establish the trust than to (obviously) move all the accounts, computers, groups and resources into a new child domain.

Tha said, while we run a pretty tight security shop, I'm not convinced that the same could be said of the admins of the forest, and so we are now a little concerned.

Beyond the obvious, are there any specific implications as such that we should be concerned with, and/or any helpful recommendations you might have for us?

Appreciate your input...

thanks,
Aaron

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