Re: Server Firewall

From: Wolfgang Kueter (wolfgang_at_shconnect.de)
Date: 06/10/03 

Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:15:52 +0200

Ida wrote:

> Installing a personal firewall on the server using Windows OS may kill
> your clients. But without a firewall, it is very dangerous because there
> are so many known and unknow security problems in Windows OS.

How do you know, have you analysed the source code? BTW, have you told
Micro$oft about these security problems?

> You'd better
> put a firewall between your server and Internet, and set up strict rules
> so that only specific traffic can go through the firewall.

[x] Please define firewall.

> There is a firewall called ITShield firewall (http://www.itshield.com).

Oooops, a sales droid, how funny.

> [itshield is said to do this and that]

Could you please answer the following questions:

- Is the source code of the product availiable?
- What kind of cryptographic algorithms are used in the product?
- What operationg system is used?
- What kind of hardening of the operating system is nessessary?

Sorry, but please do your sales training elsewhere, this is a technical
group.

Wolfgang

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