Re: Controlling Internet access with Server 2003

From: Mr. Kurtz (MisterKurtz_at_TheCentralStation)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:51:04 -0500

I would STRONGLY recommend that you get a professional in there to help you.
No offense, but if you're green enough at this not to have a firewall you
really should have someone helping you.

Kurtz

"Kenneth Gorey Jr" <metropolitancomm@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Afraid I don't have a firewall....i'm brand new at this...and i'm pretty
> much clueless
>
> "andy smart" <anonymus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > Kenneth Gorey Jr wrote:
> > | We want to make it so that they submit a bunch of sites for approval
> > and we
> > | let them have access to approved websites only.
> > |
> > | "Angryblack" <Angryblack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > | news:25AFC3E4-4B1F-4B83-A4B8-77B9BF191806@microsoft.com...
> > |
> > |>Can you give a little more detail. You said you wanted to control
> access
> > |
> > | to
> > |
> > |>the internet as in restrict so only certin users have access to the
> > |
> > | internet
> > |
> > |>or make sure that all users accessing the internet go throught that
> > |
> > | server?
> > |
> > |>"Kenneth Gorey Jr" wrote:
> > |>
> > |>
> > |>>Our company has bought a Windows 2003 server because one of our
> > |
> > | applications
> > |
> > |>>needed a server for multi user access to a database. We also use the
> > |
> > | server
> > |
> > |>>for splitting up access to the internet (we're on cable). I don't
have
> > |
> > | any
> > |
> > |>>experience whatsoever with 2003 server, and I'd like to know how we
can
> > |>>restrict access to the internet using the server. Is there any
> > |
> > | particular
> > |
> > |>>software package I need or can the server itself be configured to
> > |
> > | control
> > |
> > |>>access? Any help would be appreciated.
> > |>>
> > |>>--
> > |>>Kenneth Gorey Jr.
> > |>>Vice President
> > |>>Metropolitan Communication Services, Inc.
> > |>>(800) 725-0025
> > |>>ken@answeringservice.cc
> > |>>
> > |>>
> > |>>
> > |
> > |
> > |
> > As far as I know that cannot be done with 2003 server - it can control
> > how and who may access the Internet but for site filtering you'd need a
> > different solution. Either a software package or a hardware firewall
> > (you do have a firewall don't you?)
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