Networking / Beginners

Setting up the System

Windows 2000 has added some significant security features over those available under Windows NT. As you will see in the following sections, the capabilities of these new tools are quite significant. Unfortunately, their use requires a homogenous Windows 2000 environment. When used in mixed Windows 2000 and Windows NT environments, the system must default to the weaker Windows NT configurations to allow interoperability.

Windows 2000 is not secure straight out of the box (although it is better than Windows NT). Given this, there are some settings that should be made before the system goes into production that will make the system more secure. The configuration settings are divided into Local Security Policy Settings and System Configuration Settings.

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