Windows Server 2016 security, certificates, and remote access cookbook : recipe-based guide for security, networking and PKI in Windows Server 2016. / Jordan Krause.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krause, Jordan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Windows server--Security measures.

Microsoft Windows server.

Operating systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham ; Mumbai : Packt, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book contains more than 25 hands-on recipes that will equip you to build a PKI and roll out remote access capabilities via Microsoft DirectAccess and VPN. This book also contains tips and tricks for increasing the security footprint of your Windows Server infrastructure. About This Book Identify and mitigate security risks in your Windows Server 2016 infrastructure Learn how to build a PKI and use it to issue certificates within your network In-depth information for setting up Microsoft DirectAccess Who This Book Is For If you are a Windows Server administrator interested in learning the key security and networking functions available in Windows Server 2016, keep this book close at hand. If you are a server administrator setting up certificate services for the first time you will also benefit from the step-by-step instructions on implementation of a PKI. What You Will Learn Implement solid networking and security practices into your Windows Server environment Design your own PKI and start issuing certificates today Connect your remote laptops back to the corporate network using Microsoft's own remote access technologies, including DirectAccess Learn to use commands that will help you with monitoring network traffic. Build and explore your first Server Core instance today! In Detail Windows Server 2016 is an operating system designed to run on today's highly performant servers, both on-premise and in the cloud. It supports enterprise-level data storage, communications, management, and applications. This book builds off a basic knowledge of the Windows Server operating system, and assists administrators with taking the security of their systems one step further. You will learn tips for configuring proper networking, especially on multi-homed systems, and tricks for locking down access to your servers. Then you will move onto one of the hottest security topics of the year - certificates. You will learn how to build your own PKI, or how to better administer one that you already have. You will publish templates, issue certificates, and even configure autoenrollment in your network. When we say "networking" we don't only mean inside the LAN. To deal safely with mobile devices, you will learn about the capabilities of Windows Server 2016 for connecting these assets securely back into the corporate network, with information about DirectAccess and VPN. The material in the book has been selected from the content of Packt's Windows Server 2016 Cookb...

Contents:

Cover

Copyright and Credits

Packt Upsell

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Security and Networking

Introduction

Requiring complex passwords in your network

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security to block unnecessary traffic

Changing the RDP port on your server to hide access

Multi-homing your Windows Server 2016

See also

Adding a static route into the Windows routing table

Using Telnet to test a connection and network flow

Using the Pathping command to trace network traffic

Setting up NIC Teaming

Renaming and domain joining via PowerShell

Building your first Server Core

Chapter 2: Working with Certificates

Setting up the first certification authority server in a network

Building a Subordinate certification authority server

Creating a certificate template to prepare for issuing machine certificates to your clients

Publishing a certificate template to allow enrollment

Using MMC to request a new certificate

How to do it.

How it works...

Using the web interface to request a new certificate

Configuring Autoenrollment to issue certificates to all domain joined systems

Renewing your root certificate

Chapter 3: Remote Access

DirectAccess planning question and answers

Configuring DirectAccess, VPN, or a combination of the two

Pre-staging Group Policy Objects to be used by DirectAccess

Enhancing the security of DirectAccess by requiring certificate authentication

Building your Network Location Server on its own system

Enabling Network Load Balancing on your DirectAccess servers

Adding VPN to your existing DirectAccess server

Replacing your expiring IP-HTTPS certificate

Reporting on DirectAccess and VPN connections

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Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

1035517695