> (my stats package uses MSDE as its engine; I use it MSDE for
> nothing else). I need to be able to block this port but the
> $450 setup / $399 per month my ISP wants for a firewall
> solution is way over my budget.
>
> Anyone know of a decent/basic software firewall I can use to
> secure my web server? I'd want to open up a few ports (80,
> 443, 8383, 3306, maybe a couple more) and keep the rest closed.
If all you want to do is allow access only to specified ports, whether from
specific IP addresses or not, you can probably do this using your operating
system's functionality. If you're running Windows 2000 or Windows Server
2003, you can create an IP security policy to allow access to those ports.
You can use IP security policies for inbound and outbound traffic. Google
"IP security policy" for more information, or ask followup questions if you
like.
Also, if you don't need to use TCP/IP to access your MSDE database, you can
use shared memory access. This won't work if you're trying to use CFMX to
connect to MSDE, but it'll generally work for ODBC clients on the same
machine. You could then disable TCP/IP connectivity for MSDE. At least, I
know you can do this with SQL Server, so I imagine you can do it with MSDE
too. You'd want to run svrnetcn.exe to configure this - it should be
somewhere within your MSDE directory if it's there at all.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
phone: 202-797-5496
fax: 202-797-5444
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