Firewall

From: Adam Thornton (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 09:08:34 -0700

Here's the deal. We are trying to implement a kind
of "poor man's firewall." My question is how easy is it to
place two NIC cards into a Windows 2000 machine (one card
having access to the router/ISP, the other having access
to a switch) to have a firewall for security purposes. We
were wanting to test the security capabilities of Windows
2000 and its firewall. Is this possible? Are there any
other cheaper alternatives? Is this even worthwhile?
Thanks in advance for any help!

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Using 2000 as a firewall for other computers
    ... > place two NIC cards into a Windows 2000 machine (one card ... > to a switch) to have a firewall for security purposes. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.networking)
  • Using 2000 as a firewall for other computers
    ... place two NIC cards into a Windows 2000 machine (one card ... to a switch) to have a firewall for security purposes. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.networking)
  • Re: Static IP address
    ... Does your SBS server currently have two nic cards? ... So you would configure the firewall so that static address is assigned to WAN port of the firewall ... between adsl router and SBS03 for VPN purposes, how do you or what are the ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Router/Firewall Recommendation
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    (RedHat)
  • SBS 2003 + Cisco PIX Firewall
    ... already a Cisco PIX 501 firewall in place there. ... By default SBS wants 2 NIC cards and wants to act as a ... the internal LAN, and it is only to act as an internal ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)