Securing SQL 2000 with IPsec and Group Policy

19th August 2005

Here are links to resources mentioned in my presentation to the Adelaide SQL Server User Group (18th August).

• IPsec overview
• Nmap - Free Stealth Port Scanner For Network Exploration & Security Audits. Runs on Linux/Windows/UNIX/Solaris/FreeBSD/OpenBSD
• WinPcap - The Windows packet capture library (used by Nmap)
• Windows Server 2003 Security Guide - Member server group policy and server roles including domain controllers, file, print and IIS servers.
• Threats and Countermeasures Guide - Chapter 11 contains IPsec tutorial.
• Sample netsh script to configure IPsec on Windows Server 2003