Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Exploring NPS Concepts
The Network Policy Server role in Windows Server 2012 allows for the creation of enforcement policies that apply to the following types of network access:
• Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)—IPsec encryption allows for all communications, even those that would normally be unencrypted, to be highly secured through public key infrastructure (PKI)-based encryption. IPsec can be configured to be required between servers, and a system configured with the NPS role can regulate which clients are allowed as IPsec clients based on their local health.
• 802.1X authentication—802.1X is a network-based authentication method that uses PKI-based certificates to authenticate that the user who attaches to the network is who he claims ...
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