Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-640): Configuring Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® (2nd Edition)

Chapter 17. Active Directory Federation Services

Organizations have been struggling with securing their networks from the outside world ever since the Internet was invented. The basic principle is that every organization that has an interface between its network and the Internet also has a perimeter network of some sort. In many cases, organizations spend great effort implementing special security technologies such as intrusion detection systems, and yet, the basic premise of a perimeter network is to keep the firewalls it contains as secure as possible. But how does that affect potential partnerships?

In the early days of Microsoft Windows domains with Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft provided the capability to create trusts between domains to ...