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Is Windows NT Secure?

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Right out of the box? No. If you're aware of NT's vulnerable areas and some security strategies? Yes. To help you decide whether NT is secure enough for your enterprise, this month's focus evaluates NT's security features, tests what a hacker can do to a typically configured system, and guides you through security auditing, choosing the most secure NT file system, and securing Microsoft Exchange email.


Java for C/C++ Programmers

By Michael D. Reilly, 10/01/1996

Building on the C/C++ foundation and leveraging the reader's experience.

Think Thin and Win with Intelligent Console Architecture

By John Enck, 10/01/1996

See how thin client technology can reduce the cost of NT on the desktop.

Serving Up Internet Information

By Stephen Genusa, 10/01/1996

Let Your Browser Do the Walking

By Tim Daniels, 10/01/1996

With the right tools, directory assistance on an intranet is just a mouse click away.

Windows NT File Systems

By Sean Daily, 10/01/1996

FX!32

By Joel Sloss, 10/01/1996

Digital's new Intel Win32 emulator and translator for Windows NT opens new doors for Alpha users.

Find Holes in Your NT Security

By Michael D. Reilly, 10/01/1996

Audit your Windows NT setup's security to find out where to add security and how to ensure that your system remains secure.

New Alpha PC Strategy

By Joel Sloss, 10/01/1996

7 Predictions for ‘97

By Mark Smith, 10/01/1996

For 1997, seven key areas will affect enterprises that rely on NT.

Email for the Small Business

By Alex Pournelle, 10/01/1996

With nothing more than what Windows NT provides, you can set up your own Internet email system.

MFC ISAPI Extensions Hit Light Speed, Part 1

By Alex Pournelle, 10/01/1996

ISAPI extensions give you an easy alternative to traditional methods for creating online forms. Just follow these few steps.

Pro Staff’s WinFrame Solution

By Kevin Woodward, 10/01/1996

With thin client technology and Intelligent Console Architecture, Wyse Winterm terminals and Citrix WinFrame software fill a temporary employment agency's networking needs.

Exchange Mail: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

By Lawrence E. Hughes, 10/01/1996

Keep intruders out of your Exchange email messages. Digital signatures and envelopes protect the privacy and authenticity of your email messages.

Windows NT 4.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Mark Minasi, 10/01/1996

You've heard what to expect from NT 4.0. And now for the rest of the story: Here's what NT 4.0 delivers.

10 Easy Tips for Better SQL Server Performance

By Robert D. Schneider, 10/01/1996

Accelerate your SQL Server database applications.

New Alpha CPU Raises the Bar

By Joel Sloss, 10/01/1996

Overloading Your Server with Multi-Homing

By Joel Sloss, 10/01/1996

The Windows NT Magazine Lab proves that NT isn't designed to set up a network with every known protocol and type of network card in a multimaster domain model.

Choosing an NT File System

By Sean Daily, 10/01/1996

Tips for choosing the best source of file system.

Configuring Microsoft’s Internet Access Server

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 10/01/1996

Last month's article introduced Windows NT 4.0's new proxy server, IAS. This month, learn how to set up IAS to make your Web connections safer than before.

Confronting Your Network Security Nightmares

By John Enck, 10/01/1996

Turn on your night light! The Windows NT Magazine Lab invites a guest hacker to test NT's Web server security. The results will amaze and horrify you.

NTFS vs. FAT

By Sean Daily, 10/01/1996

Windows NT 4.0 supports only two primary file systems. Find out which one is right for your operating and security needs.

Insignia NTRIGUE

By John Enck, 10/01/1996

Insignia Solution's NTRIGUE is a slick, customized version of WinFrame that includes integraded support for X-terminal access.

Microsoft SQL Server DBA Survival Guide

By Michael D. Reilly, 10/01/1996

Wyse ICA Terminal and Wyse WinFrame

By John Enck, 10/01/1996

NT News Network

By Valda Hilley, 10/01/1996

This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.

Reader to Reader - October 1996

By Readers, 10/01/1996

Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).

Tricks & Traps

By Bob Chronister, 10/01/1996

The NT 4.0 ISDN Connection

By Lance Skok, 10/01/1996

Get on the Web fast with ISDN and Windows NT. Learn how to install and configure an ISDN adapter.

Virus Scanners for NT

By Jonathan Chau, 10/01/1996

Performance Testing with FX!32

By Joel Sloss, 10/01/1996

Automated Audits

By Michael D. Reilly, 10/01/1996

Areas to consider auditing.

Emulation: Out of the Lab and onto the Desktop

By Alex Pournelle, 10/01/1996

An interview with the FX!32 staff.

Troubleshooting Internet Information Server 2.0

By Thad Schwebke, 10/01/1996

Microsoft troubleshooters answer frequently asked questions about the new Web server, IIS.

Gateways Revisited

By Mark Minasi, 10/01/1996

The saga continues. Find out how proxy servers and Microsoft's Multi-Protocol Routing can help you set up an Internet gateway.

An Interview with Pro Staff

By Warren Pickett, 10/01/1996

Here is what Keven Woodward and Keven Smith had to say about WinFrame and Winterm.

Using HPFS with NT 4.0

By Sean Daily, 10/01/1996

Securing Windows NT

By Robert D. Schneider, 10/01/1996

Knowing how NT implements security is the first step to securing your NT network. Here's the information you need to evaluate NT's security features.

NT Europe

By Jon Honeyball, 10/01/1996

SLmailNT

By John Enck, 10/01/1996

The Open Group Research Institute

By Jane Morrill, 10/01/1996


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