Summary

As this chapter has shown, security issues extend to nearly every corner of Windows 2000. Learning to use the security-related snap-ins in Microsoft Management Console will help you manage the rich features this operating system has to offer and will help prevent security weaknesses in your system.

Part IV of the book, which discusses supporting services and features of Windows 2000, begins with the next chapter. Chapters 18 and 19 covered security in broad terms by discussing planning and implementation. Chapter 20 brings security into sharper focus by covering a particular security feature of Windows 2000, Microsoft Certificate Services.