Encrypting traffice with IPSec

I'm running Windows 2000 Server and would like to encryption the network
traffic of mapped drives from the clients to the server. The server and the
clients are not in a domain, and I'm not running Certificate Services. How
do I encrypt the traffic? Thank you.

On 2006-05-16 11:24:47 -0400, "Michael W White"
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> I'm running Windows 2000 Server and would like to encryption the network
> traffic of mapped drives from the clients to the server. The server and the
> clients are not in a domain, and I'm not running Certificate Services. How
> do I encrypt the traffic? Thank you.

You could use an IPSec policy (which would have to manually configured
on each and every system since you aren't in a domain) that requires
IPSec encryption between the server and the clients. My experience has
been that this adds noticeable complexity when troubleshooting.
Personally, I don't know that I'd recommend it. May I ask what is
driving your desire to encrypt the connections?

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Regards,
Scott Lowe
ePlus Technology Inc.

I have to agree. My experience has been that most folks within a
network are more computer "dangerous"(curious) than computer "savvyy".
I use ipsec when packets leave my network, but most internal issues can
be controlled with policies and/or permissions.