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If the managed machine or its local administrator is untrustworthy, there is a risk of loss of confidentiality of the

network authority credentials during a software provisioning operation. This risk can be mitigated in several ways:

1. Do not initiate software provisioning install/remove package operations on an untrustworthy machine. Restrict

provisioning operations to provisioning collections and add/remove source.

2. Assign the least permissions and login rights necessary to the network authority account used with a managed

machine subject to software provisioning install/remove package operations.

3. Assign an individual network authority account using a local administrator credential to an untrustworthy

machine subject to software provisioning install/remove package operations.

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