Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-642): Configuring Windows Server® 2008 Network Infrastructure

Chapter 8. Configuring Windows Firewall and Network Access Protection

By their nature, networks can allow healthy computers to communicate with unhealthy computers and malicious tools to attack legitimate applications. This can result in costly security compromises, such as a worm that spreads rapidly through an internal network or a sophisticated attacker who steals confidential data across the network.

Windows Server 2008 R2 supports two technologies that are useful for improving network security: Windows Firewall and Network Access Protection (NAP). Windows Firewall can filter incoming and outgoing traffic, using complex criteria to distinguish between legitimate and potentially malicious communications. NAP requires computers to complete a ...