November 2000
Intermediate to advanced
216 pages
6h 3m
English
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Preface
Until recently, few system administrators believed that Windows NT was a reasonable platform to use as a web server or as any other type of system exposed to the Internet. Most Internet servers have historically been based on Unix, and most experienced system administrators have regarded Windows NT as unsecure — suitable for use as a file or print server, but not to be trusted for critical business applications.
Unix still tends to be the first choice as a platform for an Internet server, but as Windows NT becomes more secure, and as more administrators gain experience with it, Windows NT (and now Windows 2000) systems are emerging as viable platforms for Internet servers. More and more organizations are now entrusting the full spectrum of business activities to Windows NT. Today, about 20% of all web servers on the Internet are using Windows NT,[1] many of them for e-commerce.
This book assumes that you’ve already made the decision to use Windows NT or Windows 2000. It presents very specific instructions for installing and configuring your software in a way that will make your system as safe as possible, particularly when it’s used as an exposed host on a public network — for example, as a web server on the Internet.
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If you follow the advice given in this book, your Internet server will be quite secure against known Internet threats. Nevertheless, remember that new threats are always coming along. Remember also that for systems requiring extremely tight security you need ...
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