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Securing Windows NT/2000 Servers for the Internet
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Author: Stefan Norberg
List Price: $29.95
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ISBN: 1565927680
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates (November, 2000)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 12,280
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
Pretty good summation of security practices
The author certainly understands windows security from the administrator's point of view. He isn't going to launch into the deficiencies of Lanman in great detail, but he will tell you how to allow only NTLMv2 instead, or even better...uninstall all of the MS deadly ports altogether (what are they doing on a mail server anyway???)To be honest I'm primarily a Unix person (FreeBSD when possible) so I feel really constricted in the windows environment and thus don't know as much as I should about securing the boxes. This book allows me to jump into the windows world (since I obviously need at least one windows box around for work) and make intelligent choices regarding configuration. The small number of pages is actually a good thing since the author skips all of the general security tips and knowledge that you can get in 1,000 other books nowadays, getting right to the meat of it: what to click and type to secure the box. This also has the pleasant side-affect of reducing the cost from the normal range of 50-60 to around 20, which pretty much means that buying this book is a no-brainer. In summary, a Unix geek can get away with this book since it's so direct and easy to follow. It requires some previous security knowledge but not a boatload.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Good book, hope they update it soon.
This book was probably just right when it was released, but it's time to update it for 2000/XP and drop NT entirely. I only looked at the 2000 stuff, since those are the kind I support, but the info was very helpful, and even though we're several service packs down the road, it's still accurate. I didn't read the NT information (though it's largely the same, since they have the same roots) for accuracy as much, but it's still worth the price for the 2000 answers.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent for *nix Admins needing to secure WinNT/2000
As a Solaris/Linux admin, I had no clue how to secure a windows machine. I knew to turn off services I recognized but that is about it. Since we only really use NT for the PDC, the file server, and internal groupware client- I really was not interested in pouring over documentation to secure these boxes. I have too much to do in keeping the frontline unix boxes secure.
Norberg introduces the architecture and services and othter things that I really did not know about. He then gives practical suggestions on how to lock down the server. He does state that this is a for a bastion host, so that rules out a web server anyway.
However, this book explains the services and what would need turned off, you can then modify this to your needs.
This book is a must for any Unix admin that needs to learn about WinNt and security for it. I give this book five stars for being exactly what it says it is.
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