Hardening SharePoint Server Security
Previous versions of Windows Server, such as Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000, often required a great deal of configuration after installation to “harden” the security of the server and ensure that viruses such as Code Red and Nimbda would not overwhelm or disable the server. Fortunately, in SharePoint's default operating system, Windows Server 2003, many less commonly used services are turned off. In fact, the entire Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 implementation on every server is turned off, making the actual server itself much less vulnerable to attack.
In Windows Server 2003, it is important to first define which roles a server will utilize and then to turn on only those services as necessary, ...
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