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