Chapter 8. Configuring Windows Security

Security is not the most interesting registry-related topic, nor is it the most popular. It is one of the most important topics facing IT today, however.

There are hundreds of facets of security, but this chapter focuses on just one: the registry. You can change a key’s access control list (ACL). You can audit keys. You can also take ownership of keys. You can’t do any of these things with individual ...

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