Win32 Pipe Security Editor 1.0

The Win32 Pipe Security Editor is the ideal tool for checking the security of your own pipe servers or to set up auditing of existing pipe servers.
Given a specific pipe, the security privileges can be viewed or modified via a standard Windows Security Editor Property Page. The user may view or change the discretionary access-control list (DACL) changing the access rights to the pipe, the system access-control list (SACL) used for auditing or the owner of the pipe. This allows for security checks to be made of hidden system services and programs.
Most pipes have a security desciptor hardcoded into the service or executable responsible for the creation of the pipe. As a result, any changes made to the security of the pipe will only last for the duration the service is running for. If the pipe is recreated due to stopping the parent service, or if the PC is rebooted the default security descriptor will be reloaded. This however gives a window of opportunity to audit a pipe while a server remains operational.
Win32 pipes act as part of the network file system on SMB. As such authentication is required to connect to most pipes. This authentication can be as weak as NULL session. A registry key dictates which Win32 Pipes are allowed to be connected with a NULL session.