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Active Directory: Essential Tools

2011-08-11 5 min read Active Directory Microsoft Powershell Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

During my many years of working with active directory I’ve used several tools. Here are some of the best that I’ve used which are not baked into windows. Good thing about this list is that most of these tools are fee! Another bonus is that most of the information gathering tools don’t require elevated rights as, by default, domain users have read-only access to active directory.

Exchange 2010: Network Communication Table

2011-07-30 1 min read Exchange Exchange 2010 Microsoft Networking Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

I figured I’d post the massive table of firewall rules I compiled for my Exchange 2010 firewall generation script. It has both the source and destination roles for many aspects of an Exchange environment. Where there are ???’s is where I’m simply not certain (mainly around encryption between certain roles). If anyone spots any mistakes or omissions please let me know and I’ll update the accordingly. Exchange 2010 Network Communication Table By Role

Exchange 2010: Automated Firewall Rule Generation 1.4

2011-07-29 1 min read Exchange 2010 Networking Powershell Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

I made some updates to the automated firewall rule generation script. This includes some updates to the firewall rule spreadsheet to give information on setting setic ports and port ranges for RPC based services. This csv file may be a good general reference even without the script.

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