Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Best Practices
The following are best practices from this chapter:
• Install the Network Policy Server role service to limit client access according to networks and services.
• Use a dedicated certificate authority server for generation of health certificates for IPsec.
• Ensure that the server certificate used for the Network Policy Server is issued from a certificate authority that is trusted by the clients that will be connecting.
• Install at least two network cards in a server that will handle VPN client connections.
• Although Windows Server 2012 VPN functionality is strong, consider the use of an advanced firewall/VPN solution, such as Forefront Threat Management Gateway or Forefront Unified Access Gateway to further improve VPN security. ...
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