Firewall
From: Adam Thornton (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/26/04
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 08:31:08 -0700
Well this is the situation. We are a non-profit
organization. We have appx 145 machines spread out over
about 10 locations. I, personally, am uncertain as to
which functions may be critical in order to purchase and
use a firewal. The Symantec SGS5440 would be ideal because
it has every possible function I could think of. My
supervisor gave me the idea of the "poor man's firewall"
that I mentioned. In another forum, a man suggested
setting up a NAT service
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;310357). In addition to basic security and protection,
one of the main functions that we are looking to get out
of the firewall is email content screening (attachments,
etc). In an ideal situation, we could purchase a piece of
hardware and not sacrifice a computer. Some of you have
mentioned different firewalls. Are these cheap enough that
they are easy to break or would maybe not provide the
appropriate level of functinality? Would be better off
purchasing a higher end model or could we go with
the "poor man's firewall" that I mentioned earlier. Thanks
again and if I can answer any questions, please let me
know.
Adam Thornton
>-----Original Message-----
>We ran into huge issues with a 'multihomed' 2000 server
>back years ago.
>
>I'd not do it. Plus if there are things on that server
>that you want secure, any breaches could leave no
security
>and data loss or worse...
>
>A cheap NetGear or a PIX 504 firewall would be better
then
>trying to cobble something together and hopeing that it
>works... IMO
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>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!
>>.
>>
>.
>
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