November 2004
Intermediate to advanced
448 pages
13h 56m
English
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Security Features in the Windows Server 2003 Family
Compared to their predecessors, Windows NT and Windows 2000 provided numerous security features. In fact, since the inception of Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1 in 1993, the Windows NT family has always provided a suite of security-focused features. Over the years, subsequent releases have added new security features and expanded existing ones.
Just as with earlier releases, Windows Server 2003 improves on previous operating system releases by enhancing existing security features and adding new ones. Some of the security features that are carried forward from previous versions include:
- Kerberos authentication
Kerberos is a standardized and widely used network authentication protocol. Originally incorporated into Windows 2000, Kerberos provides proof of identity for users, computers, and services running on Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Server 2003. Prior to the use of Kerberos in Windows 2000, NTLM was used as the authentication protocol. While NTLM is still a useful protocol for maintaining compatibility with older operating systems, it is not as efficient or interoperable as Kerberos. NTLM also has some security shortfalls that Kerberos does not. Kerberos and NTLM are described in depth in Chapter 7.
- IP Security
TCP/IP’s use has become widespread. While TCP/IP provides enormous benefits over other network protocols, it is not desirable from a security standpoint. Data sent over a network with this suite of protocols ...
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