Pc Week Microsoft Windows Nt Security

This tutorial thoroughly teaches the security aspects of WinNT. It is divided into three sections, which address general security features, issues more relevant to administrators, and a pointed discussion on the merits of WinNT. The text covers release 4.0 of Windows NT Workstation and Server products.

Although Windows NT is the first mainstream desktop operating system to put security first, confusion remains about how to harness its full potential. This authoritative guide provides essential information on how to tap the sophisticated security capabilities of the Windows NT Operating System. Written by one of the world's foremost systems experts & cosponsored by the National Computer Security Association (NCSA), it succinctly addresses how to design & administer secure NT networks-including setting up, using, & managing security within NT workstation & server-& securely integrating some of the most popular NT server add-ons, such as Microsoft NT BackOffice. Making existing NT networks more secure is also covered. The book's pragmatic advice on designing secure NT networks can be applied to small, medium, & large organizations. With Windows NT expected to become the preferred desktop OS for client/server in the next few years, the market for this practical resource is large & growing.

In this thorough guide to installing, configuring, tuning, and managing Windows NT Server 4.0 -- one of today's hottest operating systems -- administrators get the tools they need to build Windows NT Web sites; invaluable professional tips, tricks, and shortcuts; and a bonus CD-ROM filled with scripts, utilities, and tools to simplify common tasks. Key topics are covered chronologically, clearly, and in-depth -- from remote access services and fault-tolerance to acting as a Web server, being an application server on a LAN, replacing and working with other network servers, and running Microsoft1s BackOffice suite of services. Best-selling author Robert Cowart has written books on Windows NT and Windows 95 and contributes to Microsoft Systems Journal, PC Week, PC World, PC Magazine, and PC Technical Journal. He built his first computer from spare parts in the early days of the microcomputer revolution. Co-author Kenneth Gregg served as the Windows NT Test Manager for Microsoft and has designed and developed system software at Microsoft, Wang Laboratories, and Texas Instruments. On the CD-ROM: Octopus Fault tolerance software to protect your data Diskeeper A customized online defragmenter for Windows NT Superdisk NT Allows you to create a RAM disk on your Windows NT system Kane Security Analyst Assesses the overall security status of your NT system Perl 5 for NT Hip Inc.1s popular scripting and Internet programming language with NT-specific extensions GoldFax Server software for adding fax capabilities to NT 4.0 McAfee NetShield Demo Protect your network from viruses Plus Citrix WinFrame Client, the complete GNU software development environment for Windows NT, Wilsonware1s WinEdit and WinBatch and more

* Includes automation suggestions—deployment, rollout, etc. * Discusses security/hardening strategies and best practices that aren’t platform specific—that is, they can be applied to any operating system, not just Windows * Offers suggestions for hardening internal communications as well as external communications—often the greatest threat is a knowledgeable user from the inside

Identify specific ways to implement Windows NT effectively and securely throughout an organization, including mobile locations, and learn how to prepare and protect against information attacks.

"The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Security" offers the MIS professional, network architect, administrator, or webmaster a set of guidelines for securing, auditing, and controlling networks running on Windows NT 4.0. A computer security plan that is well thought out, implemented, and monitored makes authorized use of network computers easy and unauthorized use or accidental damage difficult if not impossible. Issues are introduced and explained conceptually, then the reader is walked through tested procedures for establishing a secure installation. Includes 120-day evaluation copy Microsoft Internet Information Server on CD