Re: Simple Firewall

From: Edel SM (sierra2_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/29/04

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    Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:33:04 +0800
To: G Farnham <gfarnham@gmail.com>

    i'm not sure, but i think the family of windows servers (except nt4)
    do support packet filtering built in.

    --edel

    On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:00:09 -0800, G Farnham <gfarnham@gmail.com> wrote:
    > Does anyone know of a real simple software firewall for Windows 2003 Server?
    >
    > The application is for a game server. Basically, the server needs to
    > send udp in and out of the server as fast as possible for 50 or so
    > clients running a first person shooter.
    >
    > All I need the firewall to do is check the source IP against a deny
    > list and either deny or permit it.
    >
    > The goal is to have a minimum impact on performance as latency is
    > everything in online gaming.
    > Norton, Macafee, ZoneAlarm, etc all seem to be to bloated.
    > Don't need any checking on outbound
    > Don't need any checking based on port
    >
    > The built in firewall and IP filtering do not support a deny list.
    > WinXP SP2 is not applicable as this is Win 2003 Server.
    >
    > This is for a hosted server, so I can't add any hardware.
    >
    > GDF
    >

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