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TCP/IP Stack Improvements in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

Overview There are significant improvements in TCP/IP functionality in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This webcast discusses these improvements. This includes performance improvements targeted at Internet facing servers that have enabled Windows Server 2003 to support over a million connections over IA64, are saving a premium portal several million dollars a year and enable Windows Server 2003 to send over 7Gbps traffic over trans-atlantic links. The presenters of this webcast also discusses security improvements that have been made in TCP/IP to enable a Windows 2003 Server to better handle DDOS attacks such as those launched by Blaster and MYDoom viruses.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft
Live Date	13th October 2006 01:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	TCP - IP, Security Management

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