Month: October 2007
I recently ran into this situation where I had to configure a Windows XP computer located on an internal network behind a Windows Server 2003 running Routing & Remote Access.
The Windows Security and Directory Services for UNIX Guide focuses on the use of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server Active Directory directory service to provide centralized authentication.
Universal Groups in Windows Server can be useful. However, they also have a couple of drawbacks. One downside is that the Universal Group membership is kept in the Global Catalog.