Re: hardware firewall

From: Todd H. (comphelp_at_toddh.net)
Date: 01/07/04 

Date: 07 Jan 2004 14:26:48 -0600

Leythos <void@nowhere.com> writes:
> Todd H wrote:
> > OpenBSD and Linux are free and have far more robust TCP/IP stacks for
> > doing this sort of thing if you wanna roll your own router.
>
> The thread was about hosting IIS and restricting by IP to select users.
> No router was mentioned in this solution.
>
> A router with a "allow" IP table would be a great solution for the
> poster.

This is comp.security.* right?

If someone is dead intent on hosting an IIS server on the internet
without a hardware firewall of some sort in between, they probably
shouldn't be trusted to running anything exposed to the open Internet,
much less a general purpose computer running a Microsoft operating
system.

Best Regards, 

-- 
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

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