MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

Chapter 10

Securing Windows Server 2008

MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

Configuration

MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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Objectives

• Manage security in Windows Server 2008 with various Windows utilities

• Discuss threats to Internet Protocol Security• Create Internet Protocol Security policies• Discuss Network Access Protection• Install Network Access Protection

Managing Security in Server 2008

• Tools for managing network security– Security Configuration Wizard– Windows Firewall– Encrypting File System– BitLocker– Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer


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Security Configuration Wizard

• Security Configuration Wizard (SCW)– Provides a step-by-step wizard for hardening your

network servers• Security policies can be created for:

– Role-based service configuration– Network security– Registry settings– Audit policy


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Security Configuration Wizard (continued)

• Activity 10-1: Creating a Role-Based Security Policy

• Time Required: 15 minutes• Objective: Create a security policy using the SCW


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Windows Firewall

• Allows users to turn the firewall off or on• By default, Windows Firewall is turned on and

allows exceptions for programs and ports• Allows you to create exceptions for inbound traffic• Exception

– Instruction to open a port briefly, allow a program or service to pass information, and then close the port


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Windows Firewall (continued)

• Activity 10-2: Working with Windows Firewall• Time Required: 10 minutes• Objective: Become familiar with the Windows

Firewall interface


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• Windows Firewall with Advanced Security– Provides a more robust interface for managing the

firewall policies in detail– Used to manage Windows Firewall based on port,

services, applications, and protocols


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• Activity 10-3: Working with WFAS• Time Required: 10 minutes• Objective: Modify an inbound rule


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• Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Console– Can be used to manage the following areas

• Inbound rules• Outbound rules• Connection security rules• Monitoring


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• Activity 10-4: Creating a New Firewall Rule• Time Required: 10 minutes• Objective: Create a firewall rule


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• Windows Server 2008 uses the following network profiles– Public– Private– Domain

• Deploying Windows Firewall Settings via Group Policy– WFAS allows you to import or export firewall policies


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• Activity 10-5: Configuring Firewall Rules with Network Profiles

• Time Required: 10 minutes• Objective: Configure firewall rules with network

profiles


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• Activity 10-6: Working with Firewall Policies in the Group Policy Management Editor

• Time Required: 15 minutes• Objective: Using Group Policy objects and firewall

policies to deploy firewall settings


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Encrypting File Services

• Symmetric encryption– Uses a single key and is faster and more efficient

than public key encryption• Public key (asymmetric) encryption

– Each user has a public key available to everyone and a private key known only to the user

• EFS in Windows Server 2008– When a user encrypts a file, a symmetric file

encryption key (FEK) is generated that EFS uses to encrypt the file


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Encrypting File Services (continued)

• Activity 10-7: Working with cipher.exe• Time Required: 10 minutes• Objective: Using cipher.exe with EFS


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Encrypting File Services (continued)

• Activity 10-8: Using Windows Explorer to Encrypt Files with EFS

• Time Required: 10 minutes• Objective: Configure file and folder encryption

through the graphical user interface (GUI)


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BitLocker

• Provides hard drive–based encryption of servers and Windows Vista computers

• Encrypts entire Windows system volume of a computer running Windows Server 2008

• Designed to enhance protection against data theft or exposure on computers that are lost or stolen


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BitLocker (continued)

• Four authentication modes used by BitLocker – BitLocker with a TPM– BitLocker with Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive

in place of TPM– BitLocker with a TPM and a personal identification

number (PIN)– BitLocker with a TPM and a USB flash drive


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• Installing BitLocker– Hard drive that supports BitLocker needs to be

configured before installing BitLocker– BitLocker requires at least 1.5 GB of unallocated or

available drive space– System volume is responsible for maintaining the

unencrypted boot information– Boot volume will contain the OS files and be

encrypted by BitLocker


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• Activity 10-9: Installing the BitLocker and the BitLocker Drive

• Preparation Tool in Windows Server 2008• Time Required: 15 minutes• Objective: Install the BitLocker and BitLocker Drive

Preparation tool


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• Activity 10-10: Configuring BitLocker to Use a USB Flash Drive

• Time Required: 15 minutes• Objective: Configure BitLocker to use a USB flash

drive


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Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

• Excellent tool for performing an initial analysis of your current security setup

• When MBSA scans a computer, it creates a report that is organized into the following areas– Security Assessment– Security Update Scan Results– Windows Scan Results– Internet Information Services (IIS) Scan Results– SQL Server Scan Results– Desktop Application Scan Results


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Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (continued)

• Scanning a computer with MBSA– You can perform MBSA scans using:

• The GUI-based tool• The mbsacli.exe command- line tool

– One requirement of MBSA is Internet connectivity


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Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (continued)

• Activity 10-11: Working with MBSA• Time Required: 15 minutes• Objective: Analyze Windows Server 2008 with

MBSA


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Internet Protocol Security

• An open-standards framework for securing network communications

• IPSec meets three basic goals– Authentication– Integrity– Confidentiality


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IPSec Threats

• Depending on the configuration of IPSec, it provides protection from the following threats– Data tampering– Denial of service– Identity spoofing– Man-in-the-middle attacks– Repudiation– Network traffic sniffing


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How IPSec Works

• IPSec modes of operation– Transport mode– Tunnel mode

• Scenarios available when deploying IPSec– Site to site– Client to client– Client to site


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How IPSec Works (continued)

• IPSec security association modes– IPSec uses the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) to

negotiate security protocols – IKE generates the encryption and authentication

keys used by IPSec for the transaction– IPSec performs transactions in two phases

• Main mode/Phase 1• Quick mode/Phase 2


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• IPSec security methods– IPSec uses two security services

• Encapsulating Security Payload• Authentication Header

• IPSec policies– Can be managed with the following tools

• WFAS, IP Security Policy snap-in• Netsh, GPME


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• Activity 10-12: Creating an IPSec Policy for Domain Isolation

• Time Required: 15 minutes• Objective: Use IPSec to isolate domain computers

from nondomain computers


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• Activity 10-13: Creating an IPSec Policy for Server-to-Server Communications

• Time Required: 15 minutes• Objective: Use IPSec to secure communication

between two hosts


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Network Authentication in Windows Server 2008

• Server 2008 supports the following authentication protocols to some degree– LAN Manager authentication– NTLM version 1 authentication– NTLM version 2 authentication

• All forms of NTLM use the challenge-response protocol


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Introduction to Network Access Protection

• NAP can be broken into three parts– Health policy validation– Health policy compliance– Access limitation


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NAP Terminology

• Enforcement Client• Enforcement Server• Host Credential Authorization Protocol• Health Registration Authority• Network Policy Server• Remediation Server• System Health Agent• System Health Validator


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NAP Enforcement Methods

• The five types of NAP enforcement methods used by NAP– 802.1x-authenticated connections– Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

address configurations– IPSec communications– Terminal Services Gateway (TS Gateway)

connections– Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections


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Implementing NAP

• NAP – Designed by Microsoft to allow you to customize it to

meet the unique needs of your networks– Implementing and configuring NAP differs from

network to network based on requirements and policies


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Installing NAP

• NAP is part of the NPS role• To install NAP components

– Add the NPS role either through the Role Services Wizard or from the command line using servermanagercmd.exe


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Installing NAP (continued)

• Activity 10-14: Installing and Configuring NAP• Time Required: 10 minutes• Objective: Install NAP and configure a NAP policy


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Summary

• The SCW – Guides you through the steps of hardening your

network servers• Windows Firewall

– Provides inbound and outbound traffic enforcement through the Windows Firewall and WFAS consoles

• EFS – Microsoft’s built-in service for providing folder- and

file-level encryption• BitLocker

– Provides hard drive–based encryption of servers


Summary (continued)

• At startup– BitLocker performs a system integrity authentication

prior to booting into the OS• MBSA

– Scans single or multiple computers on a network and lets you view existing security scan reports

• IPSec – An open-standards framework for securing network

communications – Works at the network layer of the OSI model


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Summary (continued)

• On Windows networks– Windows Server 2008 uses Kerberos as its default

authentication method in Active Directory domains• To use NAP policies

– A client must be a part of the NAP infrastructure on a network

• The HRA – Distributes health certificates to NAP clients that

comply with network health Requirements


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