Re: secure sharepoint 2010 design

On 2010-08-10 Boyd, Chad wrote:
My DC's are segmented from my workstations.
http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/hsoffice/design-secure-network-segmentation-approach_1645 (PDF)

I didn't say it can't be done, I said it's pointless to do it.

While most of the advice in that PDF is good in general, implementing
the firewall traffic map from chapter 3 will break a Windows domain. See
MSKB 832017 [1] for an overview of the required ports for various
Windows services, particularly NetBIOS, DirectSMB, NetLogon and Group
Policy.

BTW, (client-side) DNS requires port 53/tcp in addition to port 53/udp.
It's a common misunderstanding that port 53/tcp were used only for zone
transfers. DNS also uses TCP connections when an answer to a name lookup
is too large for a single UDP packet.

To be clear, proper network segmentation can be a pain to set up...and
can be a bit expensive depending on the environment, but:
- Once it is set up, the security makes me sleep a bit better at night.
- If there's some crazy virus outbreak or compromise, it's a lot
harder for an attacker to take down everything.

True in general, but not for (Windows) DCs.

[...]
Why do you lock your car doors?
When you trust the person you locked in the front seat to never unlock
the car, why worry?

Going with this analogy: placing your DCs in a different network segment
is like locking your car doors with all the windows open.

[1] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832017/

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
--
"All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches
becoming available."
--Jason Coombs on Bugtraq

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