How to Set Up WireGuard VPN on RHEL 7 WireGuard is a modern, high-performance VPN protocol built directly into the Linux kernel (from 5.6 onward) and available as a DKMS module on older kernels like those shipped with RHEL 7. Compared to OpenVPN and IPsec, WireGuard has a dramatically smaller codebase, faster handshake times, and […]
Introduction to Multi-Factor Authentication Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) requires users to provide two or more verification factors before gaining access: something they know (password), something they have (phone, hardware token, smart card), or something they are (biometrics). Implementing MFA on Windows Server 2019 dramatically reduces the risk of credential-based attacks—even if a password is stolen, an […]
A Point-To-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) allows you to implement your own VPN very quickly, and is compatible with most mobile devices. Even though PPTP is less secure than OpenVPN, it is faster and uses less CPU resources.
How to Install and Configure RRAS on Windows Server 2012 R2 Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) is a comprehensive Windows Server feature that provides a wide range of network services including VPN server, dial-up remote access, network address translation (NAT), demand-dial routing, and multi-protocol LAN-to-LAN and LAN-to-WAN routing. On Windows Server 2012 R2, RRAS […]
How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 with Grafana Grafana is an open-source analytics and visualization platform that, when combined with a time-series data source, provides powerful dashboards for Windows Server 2019 monitoring. The typical architecture uses Windows Exporter (formerly wmi_exporter) to expose Prometheus-compatible metrics from Windows Server 2019, a Prometheus server to scrape and […]
How to Configure Dynamic Access Control on Windows Server 2012 R2 Dynamic Access Control (DAC) is a claims-based access control framework introduced in Windows Server 2012 that extends the traditional permissions model with user and device claims, central access policies, and expression-based access rules. Rather than relying solely on group membership to determine access, DAC […]
How to Configure Windows Server 2019 Firewall Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS) on Windows Server 2019 is a host-based stateful packet filter that protects the server from unauthorized network access. It supports inbound and outbound filtering, connection security rules using IPsec, and profile-based policies for Domain, Private, and Public network locations. Properly configuring […]
How to Configure Remote Desktop Gateway on Windows Server 2012 R2 RD Gateway enables Remote Desktop connections from the internet to internal RDS servers or individual Windows computers without requiring a VPN. It wraps RDP traffic in HTTPS (SSL/TLS on port 443), allowing connections through corporate firewalls and NAT devices that typically block port 3389. […]
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This checkpoint is intended to help you assess what you learned from our introductory articles to Security, where we introduced recommended security practices and commonly used security tools.
