.NET Security and Cryptography

Administrating Windows Security

At a basic level, the underlying operating system has its own security infrastructure. The system administrator can configure operating system security, and programmers can use various security objects to accomplish just about any desirable security goals. An administrator can configure security at the enterprise level, using Active Directory, or at the other extreme can simply configure security at the level of individual files using NTFS (New Technology File System) and EFS (Encrypted File System).^[8] At a more mundane level, an administrator can also create new user accounts and groups and set passwords on the local machine or the domain.

^[8] NTFS supports file and directory access security within the confines ...