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Windows Server 2003 Security Cookbook: Security Solutions and Scripts for System Administrators (Cookbooks (O'Reilly)) Review by Koeeaddi
Strictly for the experienced system admin
I run an e-commerce server with a very large Java application that I have developed, however, my knowledge of Windows Server is rather perfunctory, and I really don't want or feel I need extensive knowledge of the O/S. After a trojan trashed my server, I wanted to make sure that I had a better understanding of "best practices" and vulnerabilities, for example "back doors" in the O/S, so I could "lock it down." This book did not provide such an overview, and is written for the Windows system professional. It has this "You want to..." approach, like, "You want to encrypt the framzit block using the whoozit snap-in tool."
I was looking for a cook-book approach: e.g. you are running a web-server, here is how it gets hacked, so do A, B and C to secure the server. I don't think the book dedicated more than one page on using the Windows firewall tool. I guess the authors expected that you already know the basic tools.
In summary, lots of esoteric stuff that may or may not apply to your situation, explained in a way that only someone experienced with the O/S can use without digging much deeper than you may wish.