...Enable Windows Active Directory and User Access Control 1. What are the three fundamental elements of an effective access control solution for information systems? Identification, Authentication and Authorization 2. What two access controls can be set up for Windows Server 2003 folder and authentication? Authentication and Access Control 3. If you can browse a file on a Windows network share, but are not able to copy it or modify it, what type of access controls and permissions are probably configured? What type of access control would best describe this access control situation? Folder Contents. The access control best fitting would be security policy. 4. What is the mechanism on a Windows server where you can administer granular policies and permissions on a Windows network using role-based access? This would fall under Group Policies. 5. What is two-factor authentication and why is it an effective access control technique? It is a two different type of identification process. Like an ID card and a pin code. 6. Relate how Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory and the configuration of access controls achieve CIA for departmental LANs departmental folders, and data. The security details are created in the directory domain 7. It is a good practice to include the account or user name in the password? Why or why not? This is definitely not a good or suggested practice because this is a common starting place for hackers to start when attempting to log...
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...[pic] Active Directory Benefits for Smaller Enterprises Microsoft Corporation Published: September 2004 Abstract Microsoft® Active Directory® (AD) has been available since early 2000, and while most organizations have completed their AD deployment and are realizing the many business benefits of having deployed Active Directory, there are still organizations that have either not completed their deployment or have yet to take advantage of some of the important features of Active Directory that yield the greatest business benefits. This whitepaper is designed to help small and medium-sized organizations understand the business advantages that can be realized quickly and easily through the use of Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory. This paper was written based on feedback from hundreds of business executives on the reasons they chose to migrate to Active Directory, and the ongoing benefits they have realized. The information contained in this document represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication. This White Paper is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT...
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...Implementing Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Judith Che Strayer University of Maryland Author Note Judith Che, Strayer University of Maryland. Any questions regarding this article should be address to Judith Che. Strayer University Maryland, White Marsh, MD 21085. Company’s today relay on good networking in order for their business to grow and succeed. A system engineer requires the ability, knowledge, and skill to plan and manage today’s networking which faces an ever-increasing variety of applications. We need to be skilled and informed to manage a network running Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. Present day networking administrators have difficulties ensuring that network resources are available to users when access is needed and securing the network in such a way that available resources are accessible to the proper user with the proper permission. We will have to solve networking problems including troubleshooting, configuration, installation, administration, and managing element. Starting from choosing the best Windows Server 2003 Edition that will meet the company’s needs in terms of price, performance and features; work group woes, name resolution nightmares and DNS name conflicts to server security. These problems can be solved with proper planning, managing, and designing a day-to-day administration of an Active Directory domain within their Windows Server 2003 network environment. We predict that implementing a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory will...
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...Lesson 5 Active Directory Administration Key Terms access token Created when a user logs on, this value identifies the user and all of the user’s group memberships. Like a club membership card, it verifies a user’s permissions when the user attempts to access a local or network resource. Anonymous Logon Special identity that refers to users who have not supplied a username and password. authenticate To gain access to the network, prospective network users must identify themselves to a network using specific user accounts. authentication Process of confirming a user’s identity using a known value such as a password, pin number on a smart card, or the user’s fingerprint or handprint in the case of biometric authentication. authorization Process of confirming that an authenticated user has the correct permissions to access one or more network resources. batch file Files, typically configured with either a .bat extension or a .cmd extension, that can be used to automate many routine or repetitive tasks. built-in user accounts Accounts automatically created when Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is installed. By default, two built-in user accounts are created on a Windows Server 2008 computer: the Administrator account and the Guest account. Comma-Separated Value Directory Exchange (CSVDE) Command-line utility used to import or export Active Directory information from a comma-separated value (.csv) file. Comma-Separated...
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...enhance management of Windows Server 2008. One of the functions is Active Directory Federation Services. Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS for short) is a software component developed by Microsoft that can be installed on Windows Server operating systems to provide users with Single Sign-On access to systems and applications located across organizational boundaries. It uses a claims-based access control authorization model to maintain application security and implement federated. Claims based authentication is the process of authenticating a user based on a set of claims about its identity contained in a trusted token. Such a token is often issued and signed by an entity that is able to authenticate the user by other means, and that is trusted by the entity doing the claims based authentication. In AD FS, identity federation is established between two organizations by establishing trust between two security realms. A federation server on one side (the Accounts side) authenticates the user through the standard means in Active Directory Domain Services and then issues a token containing a series of claims about the user, including its identity. On the other side, the Resources side, another federation server validates the token and issues another token for the local servers to accept the claimed identity. This allows a system to provide controlled access to its resources or services to a user that belongs to another security realm without requiring the user to authenticate...
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...3 Active Directory Federation Services is a highly secure, highly extensible, and Internet-scalable identity access solution that allows organizations to authenticate users from partner organizations. Using AD FS in Windows Server 2008, you can simply and very securely grant external users access to your organization’s domain resources. AD FS can also simplify integration between untrusted resources and domain resources within your own organization. Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS), formerly known as Active Directory Application Mode, can be used to provide directory services for directory-enabled applications. Instead of using your organization’s AD DS database to store the directory-enabled application data, AD LDS can be used to store the data. AD LDS can be used in conjunction with AD DS so that you can have a central location for security accounts (AD DS) and another location to support the application configuration and directory data (AD LDS). Using AD LDS, you can reduce the overhead associated with Active Directory replication, you do not have to extend the Active Directory schema to support the application, and you can partition the directory structure so that the AD LDS service is only deployed to the servers that need to support the directory-enabled application. Most organizations use certificates to prove the identity of users or computers, as well as to encrypt data during transmission across unsecured network connections. Active Directory...
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...Active Directory Group Policy Objects (GPO) are a boon to all Windows Active Directory administrators for managing Active Directory Users, computers and groups easily and quickly. But with only the native AD tools, PowerShell, etc. administrators have to spend quite an amount of time in managing the Group Policy Objects. ADManager Plus is a web-based Active Directory Management and Reporting software that helps administrators in managing the Group Policy objects of multiple domains, with just mouse-clicks and UI based actions. This software also provide pre-built Group Policy (GPO) Reports to fetch Group Policy related information swiftly. This Active Directory management tool also helps in Microsoft Exchange Server Management and Reporting. With ADMnager Plus, in just a single click, administrators can: * Enable/Disable multiple Group Policies * Mass manage GPO links: Enable/Disable GPO Links, Add/Remove GPO Links * Enforce multiple GPOs / Make them Unenforced * Block or Unblock GPO Inheritance for any Domain/Organizational Unit (OU) Further, administrators can also get to know instantly, * The status of all the GPOs available in a Domain * All the Domains/Organizational Units (OU)/Sites that a GPO is linked to * All the GPOs that are linked to any specific Domain/OU/Site Enable GPOs / Disable GPOs With this feature, administrators can enable or disable all the required GPOs in any domain, in one single action instantly. Further, if needed, administrators...
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...Riordan Active Directory Migration Tyler Dresslar POS 421 September 3, 2012 R.Chung Riordan Active Directory Migration Introduction With regards to Riordan Manufacturing acquiring new severs with Active Directory Technology, the company must look at migrating to Windows Server 2008 R2 in order facilitate the streamlining of work for the Information Technology Department. Moving to Active Directory will save Riordan TIME and MONEY, the benefits of such a move and implementation will be explained in the following paragraphs. Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services are the foundation for distributed networks built on Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating systems that use domain controllers. Active Directory Domain Services provide secure, structured, hierarchical data storage for objects in a network such as users, computers, printers, and services. Active Directory Domain Services provide support for locating and working with these objects. Windows 2000 Server and later operating systems provide a user interface for users and administrators to work with the objects and data in Active Directory Domain Services. Network administrators write scripts and applications that access Active Directory Domain Services to automate common administrative tasks, such as adding users and groups, managing printers, and setting permissions for network resources. Independent software vendors and end-user developers can use Active...
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...assigning, tracking, and reassigning of IP addresses 4. dynamically allocating an IP address from a pool of addresses ques 5:- If a system will be a DHCP server, what type of address should you set? 1. automatic private IP address 2. fixed IP address 3. static IP address 4. none of the above ques 6:- What is the minimum number of physical computers required to allow you to use a KMS key? 1. 20 Vista and ten Windows Server 2008 computers 2. 20 Vista and five Windows Server 2008 computers 3. 15 Vista and ten Windows Server 2008 computers 4. 25 Vista and five Windows Server 2008 computers Ques 7:- A striped volume uses which type of striping to interleave data across the disks? 1. Raid 6 2. Raid 4 3. Raid 0 4. Raid 5 Ques 8:- A computer running Server Core will allow you to launch which of the following consoles? 1. Computer Management 2. Active Directory Users and Computer 3. Windows Registry Editor 4. None of the above Ques 9:- BOOTP enables a TCP/IP workstation to retrieve settings for all of the...
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...Cisco Unified Presence Deployment Guide Release 6.0(1) Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 527-0883 Customer Order Number: Text Part Number: OL-12732-02 THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL STATEMENTS, INFORMATION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE BUT ARE PRESENTED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS. THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY FOR THE ACCOMPANYING PRODUCT ARE SET FORTH IN THE INFORMATION PACKET THAT SHIPPED WITH THE PRODUCT AND ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SOFTWARE LICENSE OR LIMITED WARRANTY, CONTACT YOUR CISCO REPRESENTATIVE FOR A COPY. The Cisco implementation of TCP header compression is an adaptation of a program developed by the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) as part of UCB’s public domain version of the UNIX operating system. All rights reserved. Copyright © 1981, Regents of the University of California. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER WARRANTY HEREIN, ALL DOCUMENT FILES AND SOFTWARE OF THESE SUPPLIERS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH ALL FAULTS. CISCO AND THE ABOVE-NAMED SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS...
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...relevance to the modern operating systems. The emphasis is on basic design and architecture, not their specifications or services. The paper considers various operating systems like Novell Netware, the sun NFS, the Styx, CIFS/SMB and Microsoft Windows 2000 server. Again the concentration is on modern and evolving operating systems like the Novell Netware and Microsoft’s Windows 2000. The objective of the paper is to study and compare various operating systems and to bring out the inherent advantages and disadvantages in using them. 1.0 INTRODUCTION Individual computers are connected together to form computer networks. The operating system, protocols and services which help us in interconnecting the computers are collectively called Network Operating systems. The webopedia.com defines Network Operating Systems as follows: An operating system that includes special functions for connecting computers and Devices into a local-area network (LAN). Some operating systems, such as UNIX and the Mac OS, have networking functions built in. The term network operating system, however, is generally reserved for software that enhances a basic operating system by adding networking features. For example, some popular NOS's for DOS and Windows systems...
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...A server role in Windows Server 2008 R2 is defined as a service, feature, or program which allows a specific job function within a computer network. Many of these services are optional and do not come installed with Windows Server 2008 by default. Once roles are properly installed and configured they can become automated at a System Administrator’s disposal. The server roles available in Windows Server 2008 R2 are listed as follows: Active Directory Certificate Services This service is used for assigning and managing digital certificates used in software such as Adobe PDF’s. The AD-CS service is an excellent way to offer an extra layer of security among documents and files. Security layers consist of file encryption, digital signatures, and key authentication. AD-CS can also aid with Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Service (HTTPS) and authentication for employees using VPN services. Active Directory Domain Services Active Directory Domain Services allows computer, user, and device information to be stored. This allows for an easier, visual based management in a tree structured format; the domain is the host controller. AD-DS makes IT administration easier by allocating resources in one central, secure location. Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) ADFS is a service which authenticates users in-between two parties over an extranet. This server provides user identity which recognizes and authenticates a user between two different servers, businesses, or locations in...
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...virtual network. One interesting thing I learned taking this class was about the CAC card that I thought was just a very simple access card, but taking this class Dr. Powell broke it down into sections of how it works. I also worked on Linux and have a better understanding of the operating system. The Common Access Card, usually known as the CAC card, is a smart card about the size of a credit card. This card is the standard identification for United States Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employees, active-duty military personnel, Selected Reserve, and eligible contractor personnel. The CAC is designed to provide two factors of authentication; what the user has which is the physical card, and what the user and only the user themselves know which is the pin/password. It's also the principal card that’s used to enable physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and it also provides access to defense computer systems and networks. The integrated circuit chip (ICC) which is the the little gold chip that is usually located at the bottom of the card contains information about the owner, including the PIN and one or more PKI digital certificates. The ICC comes in different capacities, with the most recent versions issued at 64 and 144 kilobytes (KB). One of the very first parts of the book and the virtual labs are focusing on the Active Directory Domain Controllers. Before I started to work on the lab I knew a little about the domain controllers and what it is used for...
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...(Discretionary access control list) is one of the most popular ACLs (access control lists). It allows or denies trustees access to computer and network resources. It identifies group permissions and determines whether to allow access a securable object or process 2) Why would you add permissions to a group instead of the individual? Because it’s more easy to handle a group than individual employees. Once you have the group setup with the permissions, you add or remove employees to there and you don’t have to do anything else 3) List at least 3 different types of access control permissions available in Windows Read, Write, Full Control, or No Access 4) What are the least permissions that you need in order to view the contents of a folder? Read 5) What are other available Password Policy Options that could be enforce to improve security? a) Strong and complex passwords: * Letters (capital and lower case) * Numbers * Symbols b) Educate users * Do not write passwords in front of the computer * Do not share passwords with friends and family * Do not use common names (friends, spouse, pet, etc) c) Administrators should follow best practices * Force employees to change passwords every 90 days * Do not let them use old passwords * Force employees to use minimum 8 characters 6) Is using the option to “store password using reversible encryption” a good security practice? Why or why not? When should you enable the option to...
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...Research Assignment 1. Explain the function of the following Windows Server 2008 Services: A. Active Directory Federation Services B. Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services C. Active Directory Certificate Services D. Active Directory Rights Management Services AD FS is composed of three different server components: Federation Server, Federation Proxy server, and ADFS Web Agents. A federation server is the main AD FS component, which holds the Federation Service role. These servers route authentication requests between connected directories. A federation proxy server acts as a reverse proxy for AD FS authentication requests. This type of server normally resides in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of a firewall, and is used to protect the back-end AD FS server from direct exposure to the untrusted Internet. The Web Agents component of AD FS hosts the claims-aware agent and the Windows token-based agent components that manage authentication cookies sent to web server applications. The Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services server role is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol directory service. It provides data storage and retrieval for directory-enabled applications, without the dependencies that are required for Active Directory Domain Services. Active Directory Certificate Services provides customizable services for issuing and managing public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates used in software security systems that employ public key technologies...
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