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Windows Server 2016 Security, Certificates, and Remote Access Cookbook

By : Jordan Krause
Book Image

Windows Server 2016 Security, Certificates, and Remote Access Cookbook

By: Jordan Krause

Overview of this book

<p>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. </p> <p>You will learn tips for configuring proper networking, especially on multi-homed systems, and tricks for locking down access to your servers.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>The material in the book has been selected from the content of Packt's Windows Server 2016 Cookbook by Jordan Krause to provide a specific focus on these key Windows Server tasks.</p>
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Chapter 1. Security and Networking

Various breaches and vulnerabilities over the past few years have brought security to the forefront of all IT Administrators' minds. In a Windows Server 2016 environment, there are many functions you can enable to lock down security on your own network. Let's explore some of these functions, as well as practice with some tools and tricks that can help us to better understand and navigate our own networks. We will also take a look at some common networking tasks that will help you out in your day-to-day work. In this chapter, we will look at the following recipes:

  • Requiring complex passwords in your network
  • 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
  • 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