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Windows Server 2003: Security and Protection

This collection contains information about security technologies in Windows Server 2003.

Auditing

Security auditing is one of the most powerful tools to help maintain the security of your system. Auditing should identify attacks, either successful or not, that pose a threat to your network, or attacks against resources that you have determined to be valuable in your risk assessment.
Authorization and Access Control

Access control is the process of authorizing users, groups, and computers to access objects on the network by using permissions, user rights, and object auditing.
Authorization Manager

Authorization Manager is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that can help provide effective control of access to resources.
Kerberos Authentication

Kerberos is an authentication mechanism used to verify the identity of a user or host.
Logon and Authentication

Logon and authentication includes passwords, Kerberos, NTLM, Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer (TLS/SSL), and Digest. In addition, some protocols are combined into authentication packages, such as Negotiate and Schannel, as part of an extensible authentication architecture.
Public Key Infrastructure

A public key infrastructure (PKI) is a system of digital certificates, certification authorities (CAs), and other registration authorities that verify and authenticate the validity of each party involved in an electronic transaction.
Security Configuration Wizard

Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) is an attack-surface reduction tool that guides administrators in creating security policies based on the minimum functionality required for a server's role or roles.
Security Policy

Security policy is the configurable set of rules that the operating system follows when determining the permissions to grant in response to a request for access to resources.
Smart Cards

Smart cards are used to securely store certificates, public and private keys, passwords, and other types of personal information.

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