I have installed it on a Windows 2003 Standard test server. It's
actually very nice, although the security configuration wizard isn't
installed by default. It comes with a firewall exactly like XP SP2.
The configuration tool itself is really nice, it uses the server role
selection and then continues to:
- shut off client services (dns, dhcp, wins, etc...)
- enable/disable administration services (rdp, backup, firewall, etc...)
- network ports to open (http, dns, etc... You can also add your own!!)
- SMB security signature requirements
- methods used to authenticate with remote computers (domain, local,
file sharing accounts)
- inbound authentication methods (remote hosts that require lan manager,
not configured to use ntlmv2
- configure auditing
- enable/disable web extensions for IIS
- directories to retain for IIS
- deny anonymous write access to content files
Overall pretty nice!!
Hope that answers your question.
Ryan Gravlin
New Vision Consulting, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Thaddeus McNamara [mailto:tk (at) coast-radio (dot) com [email concealed]]
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 2:54 PM
To: focus-ms (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
Subject: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Has anyone had time to install and test the new Windows Server 2003
Service Pack 1? I haven't seen or heard much of anything on it... But,
I have been a smidge on the BUSY side...
actually very nice, although the security configuration wizard isn't
installed by default. It comes with a firewall exactly like XP SP2.
The configuration tool itself is really nice, it uses the server role
selection and then continues to:
- shut off client services (dns, dhcp, wins, etc...)
- enable/disable administration services (rdp, backup, firewall, etc...)
- network ports to open (http, dns, etc... You can also add your own!!)
- SMB security signature requirements
- methods used to authenticate with remote computers (domain, local,
file sharing accounts)
- inbound authentication methods (remote hosts that require lan manager,
not configured to use ntlmv2
- configure auditing
- enable/disable web extensions for IIS
- directories to retain for IIS
- deny anonymous write access to content files
Overall pretty nice!!
Hope that answers your question.
Ryan Gravlin
New Vision Consulting, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Thaddeus McNamara [mailto:tk (at) coast-radio (dot) com [email concealed]]
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 2:54 PM
To: focus-ms (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
Subject: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Has anyone had time to install and test the new Windows Server 2003
Service Pack 1? I haven't seen or heard much of anything on it... But,
I have been a smidge on the BUSY side...
Thadd McNamara
Coast Radio Co., Inc.
IT Director
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