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Windows Server Security Essentials
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Windows Server Security Essentials

by Santhosh Sivarajan
February 2015
Beginner
240 pages
4h 45m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 3. Server Roles and Protocols

The vulnerabilities of a server can be minimized by controlling the installed application, type of operating system you are using, opened ports, services, and so on. It is generally referred to as Server Hardening. The details and principles can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardening_(computing). Microsoft has introduced the server roles concept to address some of these security concerns. To ensure that you can achieve maximum security and minimize the security breaches, the first step should be the selection of correct server type and server roles for your application. Then, you can apply baseline policies and templates to these servers, as mentioned in Chapter 1, Operating System and Baseline ...

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