Windows 2000 Security
E. Eugene Schultz, University of California–Berkeley Lab
Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI)
Encryption of Network Transmissions
Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
Major Types of Vulnerabilities
How Secure Can You Make W2K Systems?
ABOUT W2K
The first section of this chapter discusses W2K, its major functions, its major capabilities, and how it works.
What Is W2K?
W2K is an operating system product that includes both workstation (Windows 2000 Professional) and server (such as Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server versions). (Still another W2K product is W2K Data Center, which is designed for large hosts that require high amounts of RAM, fault tolerance, and high-end multiprocessor support.) It supports not only desktop and office automation applications, but can also be used to run network applications that support mail services, Web services, file transfer services, a domain name service (DNS) server, and even routing and firewalling network traffic. W2K also includes many features that were not available in W2K's predecessor, Windows NT (NT), the most notable of which is W2K directory ...
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