Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Build 1218 now available

A new build of Windows Server 2003 SP1 has been released to beta testers this evening. It seems springboard is now becoming a part of Server 2003 finally. There is a major update to the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) in this release. Among the improvements:

  • A completely new firewall configuration component.

  • SCW is the recommended way of configuring the Windows Firewall on Windows Server Systems.

  • Automatic port detection for non-default configurations, multiple instance scenarios, and 3rd Party Applications

  • Additional Server Role definitions.

  • SCW now contains definitions for over 60 different server roles. Including roles for applications like Exchange, SQL Server, etc.

  • Compliance analysis support.

  • Allows you to determine whether servers are in compliance with expected policies.

  • Complete command line tool support.

  • Supports deploying and analyzing security policies remotely en-masse.

  • New support for:

  • IIS-specific settings

  • Audit policy settings

  • Additional registry values

  • Group Policy-based deployment of SCW-generated security policies

  • Inclusion of security INF templates.

  • Centralized knowledge base repository

  • Clustered environments

  • Multi-level rollback

    A new PSDK and DDK will be made available in the next few days and there is

    no code coverage build for 1218.

    Download: Download Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Build 1218 Login Required

    News source: In-House

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