Windows 2003 - File Sharing

• Configure SMB signing in Windows NT

  How to increase the security of the Microsoft network by enabling SMB signing.

• Configure automatic handling of network file sharing violations

  Sharing violations on files placed on network shares are retried while they block immediately with local files.

• Configure commit write for files on network shares

  Network file server can ignore client file flush requests and thus increase the network file performance.

• Configure lookup caching of files placed on network shares

  The lookup cache for network files makes it faster to reopen a file placed on a remote share.

• Configure master browser election in Windows NT

  How to configure the way Microsoft Windows participates in the master browser election.

• Configure network file system aliasing

  Disabling system aliasing can free resources but will disable mounting and reparse points

• Configure notification events received from mapped network shares

  Windows Explorer sends a Change Notification request to the remote server when mapping a network share.

• Configure opportunistic locking for files on network shares

  Opportunistic locking delivers good network performance but older implementations can lead to data loss.

• Configure password encryption level in Windows NT

  How to configure the password encryption level for better security.

• Configure the file server request buffer size

  Increasing the request buffer size can improve file sharing performance on high latency networks.

• Configure the memory usage of the Server service

  Adjust the memory usage of the server service according to the server role.

• Configure the request of extended file details when opening a file

  Windows Explorer will automatically request extended file information when trying to open a file on a network share.

• Creating file shares that are hidden

  Hiding a file-share by changing the name.

• Description of Master Browser in the Microsoft Network

  The use of the master browser in the microsoft network, and how it is elected.

• Description of SMB signing in the Microsoft Network

  How the security features in SMB signing can protect the network.

• Description of password encryption in the Microsoft Network

  The different password encryption algorithms available in the Microsoft Network.

• Description of the IPC$ share

  How the IPC$ share makes it possible for clients to access shares on the server.

• Hide computer from the other computers on the network

  How to configure the computer not to announce itself on the Microsoft Network.

• Optimizing the file sharing network to handle more traffic

  Prepare the file servers to handle a higher loads and allow the clients to make more requests.

• Prevent the creation of the administrator shares

  Windows creates by default a network shares for each drive letter, which is used for administrative tasks.