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Windows 2000 was designed to make it easy to integrate Microsoft systems into large-scale corporate, government, and public networks while providing the ability to operate over those networks in a secure manner. Windows 2000 is an Internet-ready operating system.

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Author:   Drew Heywood ,  Zubair Ahmad
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Sams Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 4.70cm , Length: 18.60cm
Weight:   1.510kg
ISBN:  

9780672317415

ISBN 10:   0672317419
Pages:   912
Publication Date:   13 March 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction. 1. Installation: Planning and Execution. Planning for Installation. Planning TCP/IP. Planning the Directory. A Learning and Planning Roadmap. Identifying a Windows 2000 Computer. Windows 2000 Installation and Network Services. Configuring Local Area Network Connections. Using Network and Dial-Up Connections. Configuring the Internet Protocol Component. Configuring the NWLink (IPX/SPX) Protocol Component. Installing Windows 2000 Components. Using the Microsoft Management Console. The Console Tree. The Details Pane. Creating Custom MMC Consoles. Saving Custom Consoles. Starting Consoles. Creating Shortcuts for Consoles. Modifying Consoles Saved in User Mode. Installing the Windows Support Tools. The Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit. Microsoft Knowledge Base. Now On with the Show. 2. TCP/IP Protocol Concepts. Obtaining TCP/IP Documentation. The TCP/IP Protocol Stack. The Internet Protocol Model. The Network Access Layer. SNAP Encapsulation. Packet Delivery. The Internet Layer. The Host-to-Host Layer. The Process/Application Layer. IP Addressing. IP Address Representation. IP Address Classes. Special IP Addresses. Examples of Class-Based Addressing. The Problem with IP Address Classes. Subnetting. Default Subnet Masks. Supernetting. Classless IP Addresses. Obtaining IP Addresses. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Those Are the Basics. 3. The Domain Name System. DNS Architecture. The Domain Hierarchy. Domain Names. Making DNS Queries. Resource Records. Deploying DNS Servers. Servicing a Zone with Multiple Name Servers. Delegating Authority. Reducing WAN Traffic with Forwarding DNS Servers. Reverse Lookup Zones. Managing DNS in a Small Domain. Installing the DNS Server Service. Managing Remote DNS Servers. Configuring the DNS Server. Creating the Primary Forward Lookup Zone. Creating the Primary Reverse Lookup Zone. Creating a Secondary Forward Lookup Zone. Creating a Secondary Reverse Lookup Zone. Modifying Zone Properties. Managing Resource Records. Supporting Aliases. Scaling DNS for Large Networks. Supporting Round Robin Addressing. Configuring Reverse Lookup Zones to Support Classless IP Addresses. Importing and Exporting BIND Databases. Importing Data from BIND. Exporting Data to BIND. BIND Database File Formats. Reverse Lookup Database Files. The Cache Database File. Integrating DNS Zones with Active Directory. Using NSLOOKUP. Making Noninteractive Queries. Making Interactive Queries. Now, You're the DNS Master. 4. Active Directory Concepts. The Active Directory Architecture. Objects, Attributes, Classes, and Schemas. Security Principles. Domains. Domain Forests. Global Catalogs. Organizational Units. Models for Managing Active Directory and DNS Domains. Active Directory Using a Domain in the Internet Namespace. Active Directory Using a Private DNS Namespace. Active Directory and External DNS Using Separate Domains in the Internet Namespace. Active Directory Using a Private DNS Namespace, External DNS Using the Internet Namespace. Configuring Domain Controllers. Creating the First DC in a New Domain. AD Child Domains and Resource Records in DNS. Adding a DC to a Domain. Creating a Child Domain. Configuring a Private DNS Root Name Server. Creating a New Tree in an Existing Forest. Demoting a Domain Controller. Managing Organizational Units. Creating OUs. Delegating Control in OUs. Managing Object Security. Controlling Inheritance from the Parent Container. Advanced Object Security. Group Policy. Group Policy Inheritance. Overriding Group Policy Inheritance. Managing Group Policy. Managing Sites. Defining Sites. Defining Subnets. Managing Servers. Active Directory Afterthoughts. 5. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. DHCP Concepts. DHCP Leases. DHCP Relay Agents. Scopes and Superscopes. Managing the DHCP Service. Managing DHCP Servers. Creating and Managing Scopes. Managing Reservations. Managing DHCP Options. Managing Superscopes. Configuring Windows 2000 DHCP Clients. The IPCONFIG Utility. Building a Fault-Tolerant DHCP Service. Splitting a Subnet Address Range Among Multiple DHCP Servers. DHCP Fault Tolerance Using Address Conflict Detection. DHCP Fault Tolerance Using Server Clusters. DHCP on the Wire. What a Relief! 6. NetBIOS Name Support: LMHOSTS and WINS. NetBIOS Names. The Structure of NetBIOS Names. The NetBIOS Namespace. NetBIOS Name Resolution Modes. Name Resolution with LMHOSTS Files. NetBIOS Naming with WINS. Architecture of WINS. The WINS Name Life Cycle. When Name Resolution Fails. Implementing a WINS Service. Planning for WINS Installation. Installing the WINS Server Service. Configuring a Statically Addressed WINS Client. Renewing a Client Registration. Configuring WINS Proxies. Configuring DHCP Clients as WINS Clients. Naming Versus Browsing. Managing WINS Servers. Maintaining the WINS Database. Backing Up the Database. Managing Remote WINS Servers Through Firewalls. What's in a Name? 7. Routing with Routing and Remote Access Service. Rules of Routing. Routing with Two Networks. Enabling Routing Support on a Windows 2000 Router. Enabling Routing. Testing the IP Routing Configuration. Configuring IP Unicast Routing. Configuring Default Gateways on Internets with Three Networks. Configuring Default Gateways on Internets with More Than Three. Networks. Building Static Routing Tables. Effective Use of a Default Router. Routing with Multiple Default Gateways. Managing Routing Tables with route. Testing Routing with tracert. Configuring RIP for IP. Configuring OSPF. Configuring IP Interfaces. Configuring IP Multicast Routing. Adding IGMP Multicast Support to RRAS. Adding and Configuring IGMP Interfaces. IGMP Interface Configuration: The Router Tab. Displaying the Interface Group Table. Configuring Interface Multicast Boundaries. Configuring the DHCP Relay Agent. Adding the DHCP Relay Agent to RRAS. Adding and Configuring DHCP Relay Agent Interfaces. Configuring DHCP Relay Agent Properties. Configuring IPX Routing. Adding and Configuring IPX Interfaces. NetBIOS Broadcast Statistics. Defining IPX Static Routes. Defining IPX Static Services. Defining Static NetBIOS Names. Modifying RIP for IPX Properties. Modifying RIP for IPX Interface Properties. Modifying SAP for IPX Properties. Modifying SAP for IPX Interface Properties. Network Address Translation Firewalls. Configuring Interfaces for NAT. Adding Network Address Translation to RRAS. Adding NAT Interfaces. Building a High-Performance Routing Infrastructure. 8. Supporting Dial-Up Connections with Routing and Remote Access Service. Installing and Configuring Dial-Up Hardware. Installing a Modem. Configuring Communications Ports. Modem Properties. Creating a Dial-Up Connection to the Internet. Reviewing and Modifying Dial-Up Connection Properties. Configuring RRAS Server Properties. RRAS Server Properties: The General Tab. RRAS Server Properties: The Security Tab. RRAS Server Properties: The IP Tab. RRAS Server Properties: The IPX Tab. RRAS Server Properties: The AppleTalk Tab. RRAS Server Properties: The PPP Tab. RRAS Server Properties: The Event Logging Tab. Configuring a RRAS Demand-Dial Interface. Creating a New Demand-Dial Interface. Configuring RRAS Dial-Out Credentials. Configuring RRAS Dial-Up Properties. Testing the Dial-Up Interface. Setting IP Demand-Dial Filters. Setting Dial-Out Hours. Configuring Remote-Access Logging. Enabling NAT Dial-Out Networking. Creating a Demand-Dial Interface to the Internet. Enabling a Demand-Dial NAT Interface. Creating a Default Route to the Demand-Dial Interface. Test the Demand-Dial Interface. RRAS Dial-In. Configuring the Remote Access Server. Dial-In User Authorization Models. RAS Client Authentication Models. Considerations for Remote Access Client and Server Configuration. Using Wizards to Configure the Dial-Up Client and Server. Configuring Dial-Up Router Connections. Configuring RRAS Server Properties for Demand-Dial Routing. Configuring RRAS Ports for Demand-Dial Routing. Creating the Demand-Dial Routing Interface. Testing the Demand-Dial Connection. Configuring Routes for Demand-Dial Connections. Remote Access Properties and Demand-Dial Connections. Testing Automatic Demand-Dial Connections. Persistent Connections. Controlling Demand-Dial Connections. RRAS Support for IPX. Managing the Internet Authentication Service. Installing IAS. Configuring IAS Server Properties. Adding IAS Clients. Registering the IAS Server in Active Directory. Managing IAS Remote Access Policies. Configuring RRAS for IAS Authentication and Accounting. IAS Logging. Onward to VPNs and Encryption. 9. Data Communication Security Concepts. The Tools of Digital Data Security. Message Digests. Secret Key Cryptography. Public Key Cryptography. Authentication. Kerberos. Key Distribution Center Services. Authorizing Client Access to Services. Configuring Kerberos Policy Settings. Configuring Password Policy Settings. Now That You Know the Concepts, Let's Get Busy. 10. Planning and Implementing a Public Key Infrastructure. Certification Authorities. Issuing Public Key Certificates. Validating the Certificate. CA Hierarchies. Cryptographic Service Providers. Policy Modules. Exit Modules. Certificate Templates. Installing and Managing a Certification Authority. Protecting CAs. Enterprise Versus Stand-Alone CAs. Managing Certificate Lifetimes. Planning CA Configuration Parameters. Installing a CA. Managing Certification Authorities. Automating Certificate Requests. Backing Up and Restoring the CA. Requesting Certificates. Requesting Certificates with the Certificate Request Wizard. Requesting Certificates with the Web Enrollment Pages. Managing Certificates. Certificate Stores. Organizing Certificates in the Certificates Console. Examining Certificate Contents. Viewing and Modifying Certificate Properties. Exporting Certificates. Importing Certificates. Renewing Certificates. Concluding Remarks Regarding Certification Services. 11. Securing IP Communication. Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security. SSL and the Internet Protocol Stack. SSL/TLS Functionality. SSL/TLS Operation. Distinctions Between SSL Version 3.0 and TLS. Enabling Support for SSL/TLS. Conclusions About SSL/TLS. The IP Security Service (IPSec). IPSec Security Protocols. Security Associations and Key Management. The Internet Key Exchange. IPSec Policies. Applying IP Security: A Simple Example. Scaling IPSec. Troubleshooting IPSec. Some Concluding Remarks Regarding IPSec. Configuring IPSec Tunnels and Virtual Private Networks. Protocol Layering and Tunneling Protocols. Tunneling Protocols. IPSec Tunneling. VPN Configuration. Supporting Client-to-Server VPN Connections. We Finally Can Say Goodbye to RRAS. 12. Managing and Monitoring Connections. Network Monitor. Network Monitor and Systems Management Server. Installing Network Monitor. Network Monitor Security. Capturing Network Frames. Creating an Address Database. Selecting the Network to be Monitored. Managing the Capture Buffer. Avoiding Dropped Frames. Using Capture Filters. Using Capture Triggers. Saving Capture Data. Examining Captured Data. Monitoring TCP/IP with System Monitor. The Simple Network Management Protocol. Organization of SNMP Management. The Management Information Base. Network Management Stations. Configuring SNMP Support on Windows 2000. Troubleshooting Utilities. ARP. TRACERT. NETDIAG. NETSTAT. Management. Not Glamorous, but Essential. 13. Interoperating with Non-Windows Environments. Interoperating with UNIX. Services for UNIX 2.0. Services for UNIX Features. Services for UNIX Requirements. Installing Services for UNIX. MKS Demoware. Password Synchronization. Uninstalling Services for UNIX. How Do I Purchase Services for UNIX 2.0? Interoperating with NetWare. Gateway Services for NetWare. Services for NetWare 5.0. Interoperating with Macintosh. File and Print Services for Macintosh. Sharing Folders for Macintosh Clients. Creating Printers for Macintosh Clients. Windows 2000's Interoperating Solutions. Additional Online Resources. Index.

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Drew Heywood is the best-selling author of a host of networking books including Networking with Microsoft TCP/IP and Inside Windows NT Server 4, both from New Riders. Drew's vast networking experience coupled with his strong writing, teaching, and presentation skills make him uniquely suited to author Networking Windows 2000. Guest Author: Zubair Ahmad (Alexander) (MCSE, MCT, MCP+I, A+, CTT) works as a trainer and consultant in Seattle, Washington and has written extensively on Microsoft products for several years. He reviews technical books and articles for various publishers. He is known worldwide for his articles on Windows NT/2000, and has written as a contributing editor and online columnist for Windows 2000 Magazine. Zubair is a Microsoft EST endorsed trainer. In addition to writing monthly columns for Microsoft TechNet, he has been involved in writing Windows 2000 exam questions for Microsoft. Zubair holds a degree in Computer Information Systems. He also holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, and a B.S. in Mathematics. He specializes in design, implementation, and engineering of enterprise network services. He speaks publicly at technical seminars and conferences.

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