Anonymous Access

Anonymous access does not require a user account or password. Older versions of Windows required anonymous access for many applications and services to run. As these versions of Windows were updated and as new versions of Windows were introduced, fewer operating system services and fewer server applications required anonymous access. The following options for managing anonymous access are available in Windows Server 2003.

Security Principals, Authorization, and Anonymous Access

Security principals are entities that the security subsystem recognizes and that can be granted rights and permission on the computer. Users, groups, and computers are security principals. Access to computer and network resources is granted directly to ...

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