Windows 2000 Virtual Private Networking

Substantial interest in VPN has been created by concerns for privacy and data protection. You, the administrator must be aware of security concepts and network designs, and yet, customers require flexible network environments that will satisfy the needs of today's computer users. You must support laptop users, home LAN environments, complex branch offices, and more—all within a secure and effective network design. The way you implement VPNs in Windows 2000 is different than any other operating system. Windows 2000 Virtual Private Networking will cover all aspects of both the tunnel client. Microsoft is using PPTP, L2TP and IPSec all in this one product and the configuration of both tunnel and transport configuration can be very complex. This book covers what you, the network designer can do with this capability; new VPN features that can affect Active Directory replication; network address translation; Proxy and more will be covered in depth.

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Substantial interest in VPN has been created by concerns for privacy and data protection. However, VPNs implementation in Windows 2000 is different than any other operating system. Microsoft is using PPTP, L2TP and IPSec all in Windows 2000 Virtual Private Networking and the configuration of both tunnel and transport configuration can be very complex. Thaddeus Fortenberry's Windows 2000 Virtual Private Networking covers what the network designer can do with this increased capability, new VPN features that can affect Active Directory replication, and network address translation. 408 pp.

Thaddeus Fortenberry, MCSE, MCT is a leading expert in Virtual Private Networking and the Windows platform. As Compaq's Program Manager of Virtual Private Networks, he designs the global specifications for tunneling and deploying tunnel servers. He has been working with Windows NT since its initial release, and he worked in a support role specializing in VPNs and networking for the Windows 2000 Rapid Deployment Program participants at Microsoft. Thaddeus also assisted in administering and deploying Compaq's Qtest Active Directory¿the second largest pre-release deployment of Windows 2000 Active Directory. In addition, he was the key architect of the HappyVPN test network¿a deployment of Active Directory over a distributed network based entirely on VPN links using Windows 2000 tunneling technologies.