Encryption in a Windows Environment: EFS File, 802.1x Wireless, IPSec Transport, and S/MIME Exchange (Digital Short Cut)
About this ebook
With the current business, government, and institutional focus on security, organizations are scrambling to make their networks more secure. Although encryption is nothing new to Windows, recent advances in Microsoft® Windows 2003 and Microsoft® Windows XP have drastically simplified the support of encryption technologies in Windows environments. Delivered in Adobe PDF format for quick and easy access, Encryption in a Windows Environment: EFS File, 802.1x Wireless, IPSec Transport, and S/MIME Exchange, 1/e covers the installation and operation of EFS file encryption, IPSec communications encryption, 802.1x wireless encryption, L2TP mobile encryption, as well as the auto-enrollment of certificates that drastically simplifies the administration of encrypted communications. The encryption technologies addressed in this digital Short Cut are included in all copies of Microsoft® Windows 2003 and Microsoft® Windows XP.
Table of Contents
Section 1 What This Short Cut Will Cover
Section 2 Security the Manual Way
Section 3 Installing a Windows Certificate of Authority Server
Section 4 Implementing Encrypted File System (EFS)
Section 5 Implementing IPSec-Encrypted Transport Communications
Section 6 Implementing 802.1x Wireless Encryption
Section 7 Implementing Secured Email Communications with Exchange 2003
Section 8 Summary and Other Resources
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About the author
Rand Morimoto, Ph.D. has authored several books for Sams and Que Publishing, including Windows 2003 Unleashed (First-Third editions), Exchange 2003 Unleashed (First and Second editions), and Windows 2003 Insider Solutions. Rand is an MCSE and Microsoft MVP who speaks at Microsoft conferences and conventions around the world each year. Rand is also one of four cyber-security advisors to the White House and is an international authority on security and regulatory compliance.