Hack Proofing Windows 2000 Server
Addresses concerns one might have about network security and how to protect your network environment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Hack Proofing Windows 2000 Server
Using Service Tools
To maintain security on your servers, you need to control what services are running. You need to be able to monitor your computers for changes to their service s state. For instance, it is important to know when someone stops the netlogon service from running on your domain controller. It would also be nice to have a way to test the services currently running on your servers. ScList is a tool that allows you to see what services are running on local and remote computers at all times. The Service Monitoring tool monitors when changes are made to the services on your computer. It can even e-mail you when something has changed. The Service Controller tool has a lot of functionality, but one of its main purposes is to test what happens when services are repeatedly started and stopped. All three of these tools are provided with the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit.
Running the Service Controller Tool
The Service Controller tool ( SC) allows communication with Service Controller from the command prompt. Service Controller is responsible for managing the services running on a Windows 2000 computer. You can use SC to view and set service information. For example, you may want to determine if a service shares a process with any other services. You can also use SC to test services. You can give your services a stress test by repeatedly starting and stopping them. The following files are required for the service control tool:
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Sc.exe
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