Chapter 8: Planning Server and Network Security

Chapter 8 dealt with security. I was a little sad that the lab for this chapter didn't deal with firewall settings at all, but what it did do was vividly demonstrate what happens if you aren't careful in setting permissions at every step along the way. It's entirely possible to lock users out of stuff they need to be able to access and change, which can hurt user productivity, not to mention make double work for an admin. I've lost some interest in security lately as it's begun to seem like a losing battle; the bad guys are worming into little cracks and crevasses in user systems more and more every day. Still, in a corporate setting, it's important to lock the system down as tightly as possible to protect precious IP from threats both internal and external, so this chapter was useful.