Securing your IIS 6.0 installation is an important task. The amount of work required can vary greatly depending on the complexity of your application as well as your infrastructure and how these combine with your need to secure content. Too often, Web server security is seen as merely a series of steps taken to tighten [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Advanced Topics'
Serving the Web
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, Concepts, How To, How To Keep Secure, Internet, Tips & Techniques
Tags: IIS·IIS Security·Internet Information Services·Securing IIS·Web·Web Security·web server·Web Server Security·Web Services
Creating a Group Policy Central Store
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, Tips & Techniques
One of the issues that sometimes made managing group policies difficult in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003 was the non centralized nature of the group policy template files. For example, Microsoft offers downloadable templates that allow you to manage Microsoft Office via group policy. Even so, these templates are not automatically available from [...]
Backing Up Group Policy Objects
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, How To Keep Secure
Introduction Not too long ago I got a call from a friend who was having some problems related to group policy objects on his network. My friend made a habit of backing up his domain controllers on a regular basis. Even so, someone in the organization have made some changes to some group policy objects, [...]
Tags: GPO·GPO Backup·Group Policy Object
Using Windows Server as a NAT Router
April 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, How To Setup, Tips & Techniques
This article walks you through the configuration process for using Windows Server as a NAT router for setting up an isolated test network that has Internet connectivity. Introduction Recently I needed to set up a test network in my office which uses a DSL router to connect to the Internet. The test network needed to [...]
Tags: Configuring RRAS·Installing RRAS·NAT·NAT Router·network address translation·Routing and Remote Access Service·RRAS Role
Ten Reasons to Switch to an IP PBX
April 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, Q & A, Technology
This article explains the top 10 benefits of an IP PBX which provide a compelling reason to throw out the old PBX and replace it with a new IP PBX. The article also provides a brief explanation of what an IP PBX is, how it works in a computer network and how it integrates with [...]