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NT: As Secure as You Make It

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As Windows NT gains acceptance as an enterprise OS, interest in breaking its security becomes an obsession for hackers everywhere. Can you secure your NT systems? This issue answers that question by explaining the new NT 5.0 security model (Kerberos), how to use digital certificates for Web security, what options besides service packs are available, and how to protect email. NT security isn't impossible--NT is as secure as you make it.


RealSecure 1.0 for Windows NT

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 10/01/1997

Internet Security Systems' RealSecure 1.0 for Windows NT monitors your network and protects it from malicious attacks.

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

By Bob Chronister, 10/01/1997

Configure an ATM network, remove a server from NT's browser service, remove the name of the last user NT lists during the login process, make NT automatically power down, and ...

Amdahl EnVista Frontline Server

By Michael E. Chacon, 10/01/1997

Amdahl EnVista Frontline Server works effectively as a standalone or in a cluster.

WINS Proxy Agents

By Mark Minasi, 10/01/1997

Find out how your network systems that don't understand WINS can use a WINS proxy agent to resolve NetBIOS names. And share some grins about Osmium and some concerns about video ...

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

By Karen Watterson, 10/01/1997

Contending with suspect databases and the year 2000, hiding code, speeding the Access Upsizing Wizard, sleuthing mysterious duplicate keys, taking advantage of logwrite sleep, ...

Using System Policy Templates

By Douglas S. Frisk, 10/01/1997

Use the System Policy Editor to create policy templates that let you change Registry settings across your network or on local machines when users log on.

Encryption Between Exchange Servers

By Tony Redmond, 10/01/1997

Internal protection schemes depend on the type of connection and the protocols that flow across the connection.

Security Beyond Service Packs

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 10/01/1997

Hackers are now turning their energies to crashing Windows NT systems. Here are some recent attacks and how to prevent them.

A Look at Entrust/WebCA

By Tao Zhou, 10/01/1997

Entrust/WebCA 1.01 consists of five main parts: the client interface, the admin interface, the WebCA admin, the Web CA manager, and the Web CA directory.

Microsoft Needs a Different Approach to Security Risks

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 10/01/1997

Micrsoft's practice of downplaying the severity and potential of a given exploit simply must stop.

Troubleshooting with NCR: Timesaving Tips from NCR Experts

By NCR's Windows NT Global Support Center, 10/01/1997

Demoting a PDC to a BDC, accessing NT's Server's FTP service with a Netscape browser, and more.

Maintaining Secure Exchange Servers

By Tony Redmond, 10/01/1997

Protect your mailbox and your organization's integrity with some of Exchange Server's advanced security features.

Internet Explorer 4

By Mark Minasi, 10/01/1997

With such features as Dynamic HTML, Outlook Express, and NetMeeting, IE 4 is the next generation of Internet tools.

Session Wall-3

By John Enck, 10/01/1997

Session Wall-3 from AbirNet is a session-level TCP/IP firewall, a network activity monitor and reporter, and a guardian of business behavior.

OmniGuard/ESM 4.4

By William Wong, 10/01/1997

AXENT Technologies' OmniGuard/ESM (Enterprise Security Manager) 4.4 is a multiplatform security monitoring system that includes support for Windows NT.

Tips for Using Microsoft IIS and IE with WebCA and Certificates

By Tao Zhou, 10/01/1997

A list of seven tips helps when using Microsoft IIS and IE.

Reader to Reader - October 1997

By Readers, 10/01/1997

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

e-Lock 1.1

By Jim Cole, 10/01/1997

Frontier Technologies' e-Lock 1.1 helps secure your data communications with flexibility.

LDAP and the Future of Directory Services, Part 1

By Craig Zacker, 10/01/1997

A new version of LDAP is on the horizon. This first installment of a two-part article examines how the revised protocol might change and how those changes might affect the future ...

Backup Software

By Brian Gallagher, 10/01/1997

Backup software is not a luxury-it is a necessity.

Database Warehousing

By William Wong, 10/01/1997

Database warehousing operates on a simple principle.

How to Name and Place Objects in the Directory Information Tree

By Craig Zacker, 10/01/1997

In a Directory Information Tree (DIT), you classify directory service entries into object classes.

References for Planning an Upgrade

By Jennifer Harrison, 10/01/1997

Sources to help plan an upgrade.

How Authentication Is Used in Network Applications

By Lawrence E. Hughes, 10/01/1997

You can use cryptographic authentication to solve an important security problem.

NT Server, Enterprise Edition Is Wolfpackaging

By Mark Smith, 10/01/1997

Do we really need another version of NT Server to meet enterprise needs?

Visual Warehouse 1.0

By William Wong, 10/01/1997

IBM's Visual Warehouse 1.0 for Windows NT addresses information distribution problems for organizations with lots of data, especially for organizations that distribute data across ...

Raidtec FibreArray and Raidtec FlexArray UltraRAID Systems

By William Wong, 10/01/1997

Raidtec FibreArray and Raidtec FlexArray UltraRAIS Systems address your SCSI and fibre channel disk storage needs.

You Can Be a Web Certification Authority

By Tao Zhou, 10/01/1997

Ensure security by issuing digital certificates for your company and your customers, and save time and money.

Tech Stories from the Trenches

By Paula Sharick, 10/01/1997

A recent experience of installing and configuring three products provided a hard dose of trench reality.

To WINS, or Not to WINS?

By David Lafferty, 10/01/1997

The dos and don't of implementing WINS.

Living with Novell NetWare

By Michael D. Reilly, 10/01/1997

NT features let WIndows-based clients access files and printers that are NetWare resources.

Inside NT's Object Manager

By Mark Russinovich, 10/01/1997

Although you can get along just fine managing or programming NT without knowing about the Object Manager, having some familiarity with it is useful. Knowledge of NT object ...

Emulex LightPulse PCI Fibre Channel Adapter

By William Wong, 10/01/1997

The LightPulse PCI Fibre Channel Adapter supports all fibre channel topologies: point-to-point, arbitrated loop, and switched fabric.

Backup Software Vendor List

By Sue Cooper, 10/01/1997

A contact list of vendors who have backup software.

LittleBrother 1.5

By S. Alan Mitchell, 10/01/1997

Kansmen's LittleBrother 1.5 monitors, analyzes, and controls the Internet traffic on your LAN.

A History Lesson

By Michael E. Chacon, 10/01/1997

Although Kerberos is new to NT 5.0, it has been around for quite some time.

Sequel Net Access Manager

By Michael P. Deignan, 10/01/1997

Sequel Technology's Sequel Net Access Manager lets users create comprehensive policies that dictate how and when users can access Internet resources.

NT News Network

By Mark Minasi, 10/01/1997

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.

How Kerberos Fits into the Windows NT 5.0 Security Model

By Michael E. Chacon, 10/01/1997

NT 5.0 addresses Kerberos' three components--the KDC, client (C1) program, and network server (S1).

Setting Your WINS Strategy

By David Lafferty, 10/01/1997

Here are some answers to tough WINS questions, such as determining how many WINS servers to implement in both large and small environments, using WINS with NetWare, and securing ...

Norton Utilities 2.0 for Windows NT

By Michael P. Deignan, 10/01/1997

Symantec's Norton Utilities 2.0 for Windows NT replaces its old command-line utilities and single-function programs with more advanced features.

The Lab Guys Scratch Their Heads

By John Enck, 10/01/1997

IBM backs out of a security test, leaving the Lab Guys high and dry. Find out the details behind this canceled test and how the Lab Guys plan to recover from being stood up.

IIS 4.0 Beta 2

By T.J. Harty, 10/01/1997

Take a look at what could be your next Web server. Microsoft improves on the alpha version of its NT-based Web server offering by adding new functionality, including Microsoft ...

Software Distribution with SMS

By Jennifer Harrison, 10/01/1997

Planning is the most ignored, yet important, stage of using SMS. When you want to use SMS for software deployment, you must plan every part of the process. Follow these steps to ...

ConfigSafe

By Carlos Bernal, 10/01/1997

Arisoft's ConfigSafe logs changes users make to system files, crucial directories, and the Registry. You can use the logged information to instruct ConfigSafe to restore your ...

CANE 2.0

By Jonathan Chau, 10/01/1997

CANE 2.0 from ImageNet is a Windows NT or Windows 95 application that helps network administrators design, test, and maintain networks.

Kerberos Is on Guard in Windows NT 5.0

By Michael E. Chacon, 10/01/1997

With the Kerberos authentication process, network users can prove their identities without exposing information that could compromise network security.

ePhoto 307

By Brian Gallagher, 10/01/1997

Agfa's ePhoto 307 digital camera gives you direct-to-NT images.

Routers, RAS, and ISDN

By Robert Schwendinger, 10/01/1997

Connect multiple desktops from a branch location to your primary network. All you need is a combination of router, RAS, and ISDN technologies.


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