Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed

Tips and Tricks for Hardening Windows

Exchange Server 2003 and its client counterparts are only as secure as the underlying operating system that supports them. The good news is that by default both Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional are more secure than any other Windows operating system. Despite this fact, default installations are not going to magically secure any environment, so security customizations are almost always going to be recommended.

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Entire books have been dedicated to securing Windows operating systems, so it is unrealistic to assume that this chapter can thoroughly examine all—or even most—of the critical security policies, methodologies, and practices that should be considered for implementation in order to ...