Remote Access Overview
Dial-up networking allows a remote access client to establish a dial-up connection to a port on a remote access server. The configuration of the DUN server determines what resources the remote user can access. Users that connect through a DUN server, connect to the network much like a standard LAN user accessing resources.
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide secure and advanced connections through a non-secure network by providing data privacy. Private data
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Remote Access and VPN Server Security Issues
Remote Access Servers (RAS) provides access to the network for remote users. The different types of remote access connections are Dial-in remote access, VPN remote access, and Wireless remote access. Dial-in remote access uses modems, servers running the Routing and Remote Access (RRAS) service, and the Point-to-Point (PPP) protocol to enable remote users to access the network. VPN remote access provides secure and advanced connections through a non-
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Windows Remote Access is a set of components which allow remote users to access centralized computing resources.
Windows Remote Access consists of the following components:
Remote Access Clients
Computers which are running a Windows operating system creates either a dial-up or virtual private network connection to the remote access server. The remote access client can use either a manually configured connection or a Connection Manager (CM) profile.
Remote Access Server
A computer running
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Installing and Configuring RRAS as a VPN Server
How to install the Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS)
Click Start, and then click Manage Your Server.
Select the Add or remove a role option.
The Configure Your Server Wizard starts.
On the Preliminary Steps page, click Next.
A message appears, informing you that the Configure Your Server Wizard is detecting network settings and server information.
When the Server Role page appears, select the Remote Access/VPN Server
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Remote Access Security Overview
To protect your corporate data from attacks from intruders and from being accessed by unauthorized users, you need to plan for and implement remote access security. You should authenticate remote access clients attempting to establish a remote connection with the remote access server. To secure connections to the corporate network, you can configure properties that either allow remote access or deny remote access. You can also specify authorization using the sour
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An Overview on Remote Server Management
In enterprises that need a secure environment; servers and desktops are usually managed remotely. Administration is hardly performed by logging on to the local console. Remote management or administration is not a new notion, and is used largely to manage servers and desktops. Windows Server 2003 includes a few technologies which can be used for the administration of remote client computers, and to remotely manage servers. These include:
Microsoft
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