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Windows XP: practical solutions for working network administrators

Deploying, managing, or supporting networks with Windows XP clients? Here's all the information you need to maximize reliability, security, and performance... and minimize hassles and aggravation!

Kackie Cohen and Andrew Daniels share the extraordinary experience they've gained deploying and running some of the world's largest Windows networks. They don't waste time on the "basics" you already know. Rather, they focus on the specific challenges you face as a working professional.

You'll find best practices and real-world tips for everything from authentication to Internet connectivity, firewalls to wireless networking... and a whole lot more.

Coverage includes:

Security best practices: system hardening, access control, authentication, authorization, and VPNs LANs in depth: TCP/IP configuration, heterogeneous networking, services for Unix, and more Wireless networking configuration and features, including Windows XP's new UPnP support Internet connection firewall and Internet connection sharing: step-by-step configuration and management recommendations Mobile/remote networking, including dial-up and remote access services Saving money with Windows XP's new IP telephony and conferencing features QoS: prioritizing network traffic to improve mission-critical application performance Troubleshooting: network diagnostics, remote assistance, utilities, service packs, and command-line tools Includes extensive coverage of Windows XP Professional clients

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• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Overview of XP Networking Enhancements
• Network Setup Wizard
• Network Diagnostics Features
• Universal Plug and Play Client Support
• Network Location Awareness and Winsock API Enhancements
• Wireless LAN Enhancements
• Internet Connection Firewall
• Internet Connection Sharing Enhancements
• PPPoE Client
• IPv6 Development Stack
• Credential Management
• Connection Manager
• Network Bridging Support
• IEEE 1394
• Quality of Service Enhancements in Windows XP
• HomePNA
• IP Telephony
• IrDA provides an IrCOMM Modem Driver
• TAPI 3.1 and TAPI Service Providers
• Real Time Communication Client APIs
• Conclusion
• 2 TCP/IP Overview
• History and a Primer
• TCP/IP Handshake
• IPv6
• IEEE 1394
• IP Filtering
• 3 WINS, DNS, and DHCP
• WINS Basics
• WINS Configuration
• DNS
• DHCP
• Troubleshooting
• 4 Active Directory
• History
• X.500 Standard
• Active Directory 101
• Active Directory, XP, and You
• 5 Windows TCP/IP Configuration
• Configuring IP Properties
• Advanced Configuration
• Network Setup Wizard
• Network Bridging Support
• Sliding Windows
• TCP/IP Tools
• Conclusion
• 6 Other LAN Protocols and Heterogeneous Networks
• NetBEUI
• Interoperating with NetWare
• Interoperability with UNIX and Linux
• Conclusion
• 7 Internet Connection Firewall
• Firewall Types
• Internet Connection Sharing
• Internet Connection Firewall Considerations
• Enabling Internet Connection Firewall
• Internet Connection Firewall-Log File Monitoring
• Enabling Logging
• Internet Connection Firewall-Troubleshooting
• Opening a Port Manually
• IPv6 and the Internet Connection Firewall
• 8 Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP
• Overview of ICS Functionality
• Network Address Translation
• Configuring Internet Connection Sharing
• Conclusion
• 9 Wireless Overview and Enhancements in Windows XP.802.11 Basics
• Extensible Authentication Protocol
• Extensible Authentication Protocol over RADIUS
• Radio Frequencies
• Understanding the 802.11 MAC Sublayer
• Speed, Function, Form 802.11x.802.11 Authentication
• 802.11 Encryption with Wired Equivalent Privacy
• Understanding WEP Decryption
• WEP Concerns
• Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Service
• Roaming Support
• RADIUS Overview
• IAS and Remote Access Policies
• 10 Wireless Configuration
• Configuring Your Wireless Network
• 11 Windows XP Telephony
• Telephony Application Programming Interface
• IP Telephony
• Telecommunications Services
• Configuring Telephony Parameters
• Creating a Dial-up Connection
• IP Telephony Configuration
• Conclusion
• 12 Remote Access
• Inbound Connections
• Outbound Connections
• Connection Services
• Conclusion
• 13 Quality of Service
• Overview of QoS
• QoS in Windows XP
• Configuring QoS
• Conclusion
• 14 General Security Practices
• Defining Good Security Practices
• Tenets of Security
• Knowing the Threats
• Classification and Containment
• 15 System Hardening
• Introduction to System Security
• Basic Service and Application Tuning
• Service and Application Auditing
• Registry Tweaking
• Performance Enhancement
• Automated System Recovery in Windows XP
• Conclusion
• 16 Authentication
• Secure Authentication Features in XP
• Authentication Services and Components
• Logon Process
• Configuration and Recommended Practices
• Authentication Policies
• Conclusion
• 17 Authorization and Access Control
• Permissions
• Authorization Process
• Creating an Access Control Strategy
• Configuring Auditing
• Event Viewer
• Conclusion
• 18 Virtual Private Networks
• What VPN Is
• Encryption
• How IP Security Works 444Virtual Private Networks, XP, and You
• Protocols
• Modes
• Authentication Modes
• Understanding IP Security and Policies
• Configuring a Virtual Private Network
• Setting Up and Maintaining Multiple VPN Connections
• Troubleshooting VPN Issues
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Tools and Utilities
• Memory
• Disk
• CPU
• Network
• General Management
• Service Pack 1a
• Index

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Welcome to Windows XP Networking . This book was written to help you understand and configure Windows XP networking in a variety of environments--from the home office to larger networks with stringent security requirements. Windows XP has many exciting new features that can be easily integrated into new or existing networks. After you have discovered what those features are and what they do, this book will guide you in the configuration of those features. Who This Book Is For Windows XP Networking is for administrators of small, medium, and large networks who will find this book to be helpful in the planning and implementation of Windows XP networking. The reader is assumed to have some knowledge of TCP/IP, Windows NT domains, and the Active Directory, but the authors have made every effort to ensure that the information that is presented is of value to both newer administrators as well as the more experienced administrator. What's In This Book Windows XP Networking covers a range of topics. The first few chapters in the book introduce local area network protocol configuration, with a special emphasis on TCP/IP configuration, the default Windows XP protocol. Heterogeneous networking, including services for UNIX, are covered in this section as well. Network bridging is also discussed. The next section expands the TCP/IP networking concepts of the LAN to the Internet. The Internet Connection Firewall and Internet Connection Sharing are discussed in great detail, from operation details and best practices to step-by-step configuration instructions. In addition, this book provides information on wireless networking, including new features in Windows XP, such as Universal Plug and Play support and the configuration of wireless networking. Later chapters cover security, from general information and a basic overview of network security to specific recommendations and best practices for networks with Windows XP computers. Chapters on system hardening, access control, authentication, authorization, and virtual private networking are included. While access to the Internet is widely available, not every user has 24/7 highspeed access. This book presents information about other networking services available to mobile or remote users, including dial-up networking and remote access services. In addition, coverage of IP telephony and Quality of Service is provided to assist the administrator when making decisions about how to take advantage of the built-in capabilities of Windows XP in these areas. And last but not least the appendix presents information about network diagnostics, remote assistance, utilities, service packs, and command line tools to help the administrator troubleshoot networking problems and quickly restore service to their end users. How To Use This Book Administrators with less experience will find it helpful to read the chapters in sequential order. Each chapter builds on the information in the preceding chapter to provide a total picture. More experienced administrators might prefer to use the table of contents and index to target the specific topics that interest them. Alternatively, administrators may want to approach this book by scanning the chapters to get an overview of what each one covers and then go back to chapters of interest for a more detailed look. The appendix is designed as a reference tool, and is meant to be scanned in exactly this manner. Excerpted from Windows XP Networking by Kackie Cohen, Andrew Daniels All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Kackie Cohen is a Silicon Valley-based consultant
Andrew Daniels currently works as principal security architect for Oracle and is also a consultant through Imageek Consulting