Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008: Implementation and Administration

9.7. Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the security mechanisms that Windows Server 2008 uses to establish secure network connections and to control the kind of network traffic allowed. A new set of management tools allows you more streamlined control over security features. New in Windows Server 2008 is a detailed Security Configuration Wizard that can help you establish a strong security policy. The Windows Firewall has now been integrated with IPsec, allowing traffic to not only be allowed but authenticated as well.

In Chapter 10, we'll take a further look at different types of network connectivity from clients to Windows Server 2008. Microsoft has always sought to be the control console for a heterogeneous network of clients. There ...