Windows® Internals, Sixth Edition, Part 2

                  Stage 4: Creating the Initial Thread and Its Stack and Context

                  Stage 5: Performing Windows Subsystem–Specific Post-Initialization

                  Stage 6: Starting Execution of the Initial Thread

                  Stage 7: Performing Process Initialization in the Context of the New Process

          Thread Internals

                  Data Structures

                  Birth of a Thread

          Examining Thread Activity

                  Limitations on Protected Process Threads

          Worker Factories (Thread Pools)

          Thread Scheduling

                  Overview of Windows Scheduling

                  Priority Levels

                  Thread States

                  Dispatcher Database

                  Quantum

                  Priority Boosts

                  Context Switching

                  Scheduling Scenarios

                  Idle Threads

                  Thread Selection

                  Multiprocessor Systems

                  Thread Selection on Multiprocessor Systems

                  Processor Selection

          Processor Share-Based Scheduling

                  Distributed Fair Share Scheduling

                  CPU Rate Limits

          Dynamic Processor Addition and Replacement

          Job Objects

                  Job Limits

                  Job Sets

          Conclusion

Chapter 6 Security

          Security Ratings

                  Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria

                  The Common Criteria

          Security System Components

          Protecting Objects

                  Access Checks

                  Security Identifiers

                  Virtual Service Accounts

                  Security Descriptors and Access Control

          The AuthZ API

          Account Rights and Privileges

                  Account Rights

                  Privileges

                  Super Privileges

          Access Tokens of Processes and Threads

          Security Auditing

                  Object Access Auditing

                  Global Audit Policy

                  Advanced Audit Policy Settings

          Logon

                  Winlogon Initialization

                  User Logon Steps

                  Assured Authentication

                  Biometric Framework for User Authentication

          User Account Control and Virtualization

                  File System and Registry Virtualization

                  Elevation

          Application Identification (AppID)

          AppLocker

          Software Restriction Policies

          Conclusion

Chapter 7 Networking

          Windows Networking Architecture

                  The OSI Reference Model

                  Windows Networking Components

          Networking APIs

                  Windows Sockets

                  Winsock Kernel

                  Remote Procedure Call

                  Web Access APIs

                  Named Pipes and Mailslots

                  NetBIOS

                  Other Networking APIs

          Multiple Redirector Support

                  Multiple Provider Router

                  Multiple UNC Provider

                  Surrogate Providers

                  Redirector

                  Mini-Redirectors

                  Server Message Block and Sub-Redirectors

          Distributed File System Namespace

          Distributed File System Replication

          Offline Files

                  Caching Modes

                  Ghosts

                  Data Security

                  Cache Structure

          BranchCache

                  Caching Modes

                  BranchCache Optimized Application Retrieval: SMB Sequence

                  BranchCache Optimized Application Retrieval: HTTP Sequence

          Name Resolution

                  Domain Name System

                  Peer Name Resolution Protocol

          Location and Topology

                  Network Location Awareness

                  Network Connectivity Status Indicator

                  Link-Layer Topology Discovery

          Protocol Drivers

                  Windows Filtering Platform

          NDIS Drivers

                  Variations on the NDIS Miniport

                  Connection-Oriented NDIS

                  Remote NDIS

                  QoS

          Binding

          Layered Network Services

                  Remote Access

                  Active Directory

                  Network Load Balancing

                  Network Access Protection

                  Direct Access

          Conclusion

          Index

Index

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