Re: Network & Broadband Security...
From: HC (keydet89@yahoo.com)Date: 05/31/02
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From: HC <keydet89@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 18:10:06 -0400
Why not look at taking an older, lower-powered box, pop the hard drives
out, put 2 NICs in it, and run any one of the free or low-cost
firewalls-on-a-disk? Floppyfw is one, Gnatbox is another. The freeware
version of GNatbox (called "Lite") only allows for 5 boxes behind it,
but the cost of the full version isn't that great. Floppyfw is free.
By default, neither one allows anything in from the Internet...
David wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wonder if anyone can give me advice.
>
> We are a small company with 80 or so PC terminals on a network
> controlled by an NT4 server. We have recently had broadband internet
> access installed as a point on our network. This will give us a
> permanent IP address which I believe to pose a security threat. Many
> of our computers have shared directories (no passwords) including the
> NT server, but the user must be added to the NT server user list in
> order to access its directories.
>
> All of the PCs look to a proxy server for internet access, which in
> turn looks to the broadband box for access.
>
> Can anyone advise me on the security precautions I should take? I have
> looked at firewall hardware but there are so many on the market.
>
> Much appreciated,
>
> David.
>
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