> I'm getting hammered by two IPs banging away at my port 1433 (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.
Set an IPSec policy. You have to be a bit carefull because they
are not statefull, but they work nicely if you don't need
anything fancy:
http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/columns/using_ipsec.asp
Jochem
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