Dave Watts wrote: > > I have to say, I agree with Robert here, in that if you want to control > traffic at your server itself (host security), rather than or in addition to > controlling traffic at the router and firewall, the OS provides all the > tools you need. Windows NT 4 and higher allow you to block incoming traffic > on all ports except those you explicitly list, using the TCP/IP Filtering > dialog, and Windows 2000 gives you even greater control using IP security > policies. In some respects, this is better than using something like > BlackICE, in my opinion, because it's free, and if you manage multiple Win2K > servers you can even use the same policies on all of them.
I don't remember the ability to do statefull filtering in any of these tools. Jochem ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
