Re: Is it Enought Security

From: Curtis (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/19/03 

Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:01:34 -0700

What kind of costs are involved in purchasing the base
Windows 2000 Server. Do I have to pay per users? Do I
have to pay a yearly fee? Do I have to pay to do hosting?
Any help on this would be great

Thanks for all your help
>-----Original Message-----
>No - if they are "anonymous users" - you're only limited
to how many your
>hardware, and your network bandwidth will support.
>
>Cheers
>Ken
>
>"Curtis" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:031b01c395e9$515772f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>: Is there a limitto the amount users that are allowed to
>: view a website hosted with IIS on Win 2000 Server?
>: >-----Original Message-----
>: >You can use Win2000 Server or Win2003 Server.
>: >
>: >Tom
>: >
>: >"Curtis" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in
>: message
>: >news:017701c395ca$e2354460$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>: >| Oh man, I am running IIS as Win XP Pro as my server.
>: >| Thanks for pointing that out. Is there any other
choice
>: >| that you can recommend for server software?
>: >|
>: >| Thanks
>: >|
>: >| >-----Original Message-----
>: >| >I assume you're using Windows 2003? I just want to
>: make
>: >| sure you aren't
>: >| >running your site on XP. XP only allows a maximum
of
>: 10
>: >| concurrent network
>: >| >connections at once, which translates into about
two
>: web
>: >| users at once due
>: >| >to multiple connections being opened at once by
most
>: web
>: >| browsing client
>: >| >software, for better speed. If so, you'd need to
>: >| upgrade to a Windows
>: >| >Server product, Windows 2003 or Windows 2000
server.
>: >| >
>: >| >I would really avoid moving your server outside the
>: >| firewall [if it is a
>: >| >firewall] JUST because of that problem. That
seems an
>: >| unnecessary weakening
>: >| >of your security. I would think it much better to
>: >| contact someone [tech
>: >| >support, the vendor, google.com search,
>: >| groups.google.com search, discussion
>: >| >groups, etc.] to investigate and fix the original
>: cause
>: >| of the problem. If
>: >| >it's a stateful firewall, perhaps the state table
>: isn't
>: >| being cached for
>: >| >long enough times. Or perhaps ICF is the problem.
>: >| Either way, check your
>: >| >firewall and router logs to see what's happening,
>: and/or
>: >| you could use a
>: >| >free or not-free sniffer:
>: >| >
>: >| >http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#sniffers
>: >| >
>: >| >If you moved the web server to outside the
firewall,
>: >| then sharing files with
>: >| >users through the firewall would be tricky to do
>: >| securely and would probably
>: >| >involve reconfiguring your firewall to loosen its
>: >| protection. If you have
>: >| >two network cards in the server, I would not plan
on
>: >| just moving one of the
>: >| >network cards to outside the firewall, as that
would
>: be
>: >| a potential security
>: >| >issue. [I suppose you could use IPSec rules with
>: >| Windows 2000 and newer
>: >| >clients to encrypt your network traffic, but it
would
>: >| seem much more secure
>: >| >to utilize your firewall... and using IPSec might
not
>: >| prevent someone who
>: >| >hacked into your computer from having complete
access
>: to
>: >| your internal
>: >| >network.]
>: >| >
>: >| >
>: >| >"Curtis" <curtis@shmigelsky.com> wrote in message
>: >| >news:00f001c3953f$a07200d0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>: >| >> I am hosting a site and I want to know if running
>: using
>: >| >> ICF and running Norton Antivirus would be enough
>: >| >> security? Some file from the server will be
shared
>: as
>: >| >> well with other users inside the network
>: >| >>
>: >| >> I do have a router, but it is causing the
website to
>: >| >> timeout when there is a period of inactivity on
the
>: >| >> network. (i believe anyway) Therefore, I was
>: planning
>: >| to
>: >| >> put the serber outside the router (i do have 2
ip's)
>: >| and
>: >| >> then go from there.
>: >| >>
>: >| >> Any ideas or suggestions would be helpful
>: >| >>
>: >| >> Thanks
>: >| >
>: >| >
>: >| >.
>: >| >
>: >
>: >
>: >.
>: >
>
>
>.
>

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