Security Model Changes in Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 contains numerous enhancements and modifications compared to the older members of Windows server family. Built-in .NET Framework support, hot-add memory, updated kernel and UI APIs, improved heap management, vectored exception handling, and many other features make it a significant improvement over Windows 2000 servers; and each of these features merits a discussion beyond the scope of this chapter. In this section I focus on changes in the Windows Server 2003 security model.

Changes in Internet Information Server Security

The following list introduces some of the most important changes in the Windows security model.

  • Windows Server 2003 comes with the new version of IIS: IIS version ...

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