Re: Windows 2000 Advanced Server

From: Gary Thomas (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/14/03 

Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:09:03 -0800

The computer connects to the internet thru a Dlink
broadband router. I guess it really won't access that
net as much as it will be accessed from the net via
terminal services. I'm really new at this so I would
rather have more than less since I would really see f
anything was wrong if there was something happening. As
for a firewall, any suggestions as to what brand to use?

>-----Original Message-----
>Gary Thomas wrote:
>> What do you advise for an antivirus?
>
>A good solid plan listing the threats, how you expect to
arrive, and how
>serious they are likely to be, so that you can decide
where you need to
>invest time and technology on securing things. Hate to
be boring, I know
>thats not the answer people expect, but thats how I see
it.
>
>> And what does one
>> need to protect to the server when one other computer
>> accesses it via remote administration terminal services
>> mode?
>
>A good solid plan listing the threats, how you expect to
arrive, and how
>serious they are likely to be.
>
>> Firewall software? Don't they make a suite like
>> Symantec's Norton System Works?
>
>Just throwing security software at a machine without
understand what you
>need the software to do is never a good idea.
>
>In this case, a firewall is probably a good idea if you
are planning to
>connect this computer to the internet, but it won't help
secure it against
>people accessing the computer via terminal services, for
example, because
>they've already gone past the firewall using your
approved method to do so
>and connected to the computer haven't they?
>
>I'd certainly say that antivirus software was a good
idea on this machine if
>its going to be used as a terminal server. If you have a
preferred brand of
>antivirus software that you are comfortable with, have a
look and see if
>they do a version that will run on your server. But you
still need to
>understand how you anticipate the threats arriving on
your computer in order
>to be sure you've defended against them all.
>
>
>.
>

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