Windows NT & Network Security
- User and Group rights are the basic security mechanism in any Windows network. Assign administrative rights to technical support for system management, user creation, maintenance and updates. Assign more limited permissions to employees that manage print shares, back-ups and shared directories.
- Windows NT has four security policies. The Auditing and Account policies apply to single systems and entire networks. Use them to secure Windows systems by enforcing strong password policies, further restricting access to shared resources and monitoring network activity to detect intrusions. The User Rights and Trust Relationships policies apply on a network level. Use them to secure user management across multiple domain networks and restrict management tasks as needed.
- Windows 2000 and 2003 have backward-compatible security to include mixed networks with Windows NT. Windows NT systems will see an Active Directory Domain as an old NT domain. Group policies and other new features will not work with Windows NT. Account, Auditing and User Rights policies work in dual modes for compatibility with Windows NT systems. Enable compatibility features in any DC server using the Server Manager.
