The Complete Guide to Windows Server 2008

Chapter 8. Remote Access and Securing and Optimizing the Network

In parts of this book, you look at making some great features of Windows Server 2008 available outside the internal network; for example, enabling access to Terminal Services (TS) over HyperText Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS) using the TS Gateway feature (see Chapter 9, "Terminal Services"). However, many types of action and access are available only on the actual internal network, the private network. This chapter focuses on two main areas: how to extend the boundary of your internal network to allow computers on the outside to access resources as if the computers were on the internal network, and how to keep your internal network as clean and secure as possible. ...