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Windows Server Security Essentials

You're reading from   Windows Server Security Essentials Develop and implement a secure Microsoft infrastructure platform using native and built-in tools

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784398729
Length 240 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides an automated mechanism to assign IP addresses to the network clients. In Windows Server, it is a server role that can be added using Server Manager.

An administrator can use the following tasks in their checklist when considering a DHCP server security method:

  • Operating system type: Use the Windows Server Core operating system
  • DHCP server roles: Remove unwanted roles and features from the DHCP server
  • Baseline security: Create and implement DHCP server baseline security
  • Exclusion and reservation: Create a proper exclusion and reservation range
  • Administration: Restrict DHCP administration access
  • Access policy: Configure policy-based access

The details of these tasks are included in the following sections.

Applying a DHCP baseline policy

Like with the other services, I will again start with baseline policies. These baseline policies are included in Microsoft SCM, as shown in the following screenshot. The details...

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