Re: IPsec and protecting ports

From: E. (laughing_at_you.now)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:03:05 GMT

PvdK wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We regularly run into problems with our Windows 2000 server as people
> try to gain access by means of port 445. We now have installed ZoneAlarm
> Pro, but I wonder if it is possible to protect this port with IPsec, so
> only pc's from our local network can use this port.
> Thanks.
>
> Peter van der Kamp

I don't intend to sound rude, but if 445 is hitting your 2k server in
any fashion whatsoever from external sources you should hire someone
that knows what they are doing with 2K and security.
As well as the port 445 issue, there are a huge number of hardening and
layering issues to be considered.
E.

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