TOOLS: IPFront
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- IPFront.zip [a8ffad4b44e0cab23a83db2fe3084350] Size 24 kb
About
IPFront is a small
tool developed for administrators in charge of WIndows 2000/2003
hardening.
Although it is certain that both platforms have a certain amount of
utilities to do this task (GPOs, Groups of Baseline, etc.),
administrators of systems Windows often are seen in the necessity to
navigate different windows from its graphical interface at the time of
establishing simple filtering rules of traffic by means of IPSec
policies, that accompany the correct process by Hardening of their
platform.
There are in Windows 2003, and in the Resource Kit for Windows 2000,
command line utilities to make powerful scripts to implement IPSec
rules, but its syntax i probably not well-known by inexperienced
administrators, or they may even be, sadly, not interested in learning
them.
In short, IPFront is nothing more that a small * Front End * that
receives direction on the behalf of the user, and then creating small
script that one can later execute from IPFront or be transferred and
executed in other servers.
IPFront also has two buttons that make possible to make some changes in
the registry of Windows, with the object of hardening some aspects of
the treatment of packets by the TCP/IP stack, and removing existing
exceptions in the implementation of IPSec in Windows (Please refer to
IPFronts help to know more about this).
Installation
Requeriments
Although IPfront
does not require installation, its total functionality in systems
Windows 2000, is obtained with the implementation of component
IPSECPOL.EXE developed by Microsoft, which is included in the Resource
Kit, or through Microsoft's Web site. Please review the documentation of
IPSECPOL.EXE in order to make the correct installation of this component
if you require to execute the application or script resulting in the
system to assure.
At the time of writing these lines, is available in the following URL:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/
existing/ipsecpol-o.asp
- Windows 2000 Professional SP 4
- Windows 2000 Server SP 4
- Windows 2000 Advance Server SP 4
- Windows Server 2003
- Internet Explorer 5,5 SP 1 or Later
- Usuary with privileges of Administrator and component IPSECPOL.EXE of
the Windows 2000 Resource Kit, in case of requiring TO APPLY the rules
created by means of IPFront (In this case IPSECPOL.EXE it will have to
be in path or the same directory that IPFront.hta).
Aknowledgements
Vero, Nico, Sofy thks for supporting me... I Love u All... I want to thank my friends too... you know who you are... (Special thks to Diego, Buanzo, Shadown, Rebel, Gaby Zabal, Chacal, Kero, Vampii, Insomnia, Quark and all guy in 2600 .ar / SJ05 meets)
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