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[Focus]

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Confronting Your Network Security Nightmares
Turn on your night light! The Windows NT Magazine Lab invites a guest hacker to test NT's Web server security. The results will amaze and horrify you.
 — John Enck


Exchange Mail: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Keep intruders out of your Exchange email messages. Digital signatures and envelopes protect the privacy and authenticity of your email messages.
 — Lawrence E. Hughes


Find Holes in Your NT Security
Audit your Windows NT setup's security to find out where to add security and how to ensure that your system remains secure.
 — Michael D. Reilly


NTFS vs. FAT
Windows NT 4.0 supports only two primary file systems. Find out which one is right for your operating and security needs.
 — Sean Daily


Securing Windows NT
Knowing how NT implements security is the first step to securing your NT network. Here's the information you need to evaluate NT's security features.
 — Keith Pleas

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[Feature]

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10 Easy Tips for Better SQL Server Performance
Accelerate your SQL Server database applications.
 — Robert D. Schneider


Configuring Microsoft’s Internet Access Server
Last month's article introduced Windows NT 4.0's new proxy server, IAS. This month, learn how to set up IAS to make your Web connections safer than before.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


FX!32
Digital's new Intel Win32 emulator and translator for Windows NT opens new doors for Alpha users.
 — Joel Sloss


MFC ISAPI Extensions Hit Light Speed, Part 1
ISAPI extensions give you an easy alternative to traditional methods for creating online forms. Just follow these few steps.
 — Daniel F. Wygant


Pro Staff’s WinFrame Solution
With thin client technology and Intelligent Console Architecture, Wyse Winterm terminals and Citrix WinFrame software fill a temporary employment agency's networking needs.
 — Kevin Woodward


The NT 4.0 ISDN Connection
Get on the Web fast with ISDN and Windows NT. Learn how to install and configure an ISDN adapter.
 — Lance Skok


Think Thin and Win with Intelligent Console Architecture
See how thin client technology can reduce the cost of NT on the desktop.
 — John Enck


Troubleshooting Internet Information Server 2.0
Microsoft troubleshooters answer frequently asked questions about the new Web server, IIS.
 — Carl Calvello , et al.


Windows NT 4.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
You've heard what to expect from NT 4.0. And now for the rest of the story: Here's what NT 4.0 delivers.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Reader to Reader]

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Reader to Reader - October 1996
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
 — Readers

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[Editorial]

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7 Predictions for ‘97
For 1997, seven key areas will affect enterprises that rely on NT.
 — Mark Smith

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[Lab Notes]

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Overloading Your Server with Multi-Homing
The Windows NT Magazine Lab proves that NT isn't designed to set up a network with every known protocol and type of network card in a multimaster domain model.
 — John Enck , et al.

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[Inside Out]

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Gateways Revisited
The saga continues. Find out how proxy servers and Microsoft's Multi-Protocol Routing can help you set up an Internet gateway.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Tricks & Traps

 — Bob Chronister

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[Book Reviews]

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Java for C/C++ Programmers
Building on the C/C++ foundation and leveraging the reader's experience.
 — Michael D. Reilly


Microsoft SQL Server DBA Survival Guide

 — Michael D. Reilly

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[NT Europe]

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NT Europe

 — Jon Honeyball

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[News]

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NT News Network
This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.
 — Valda Hilley

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[WebDev]

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Let Your Browser Do the Walking
With the right tools, directory assistance on an intranet is just a mouse click away.
 — Tim Daniels

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[Small Enterprises]

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Email for the Small Business
With nothing more than what Windows NT provides, you can set up your own Internet email system.
 — Alex Pournelle

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[Lab Feature]

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Serving Up Internet Information

 — Stephen Genusa


SLmailNT

 — John Enck


Virus Scanners for NT

 — Jonathan Chau