Any OS
has it's weaknesses, and Windows 2000 is a heavily targeted OS. If you
shut down unnecessary services, apply service packs and patches- you should be
fine. Of course this applies to any OS, not just Win 2K. If you
really want to be safe- use a dedicated hardware box. Same reasons
hardware firewalls are considered tougher to defeat than firewalls running on a
PC- you only worry about the firewall not the OS+Firewall.
As far
as your paranoia and your company's paranoia goes I will subject my personal
OPINION, for which I expect to be quickly flamed. I believe you are being
ridiculous. There are literally MILLIONS of Windows 2000 servers out there
on the Internet. Proxy servers, Web servers, VPN servers, Firewalls on 2K,
Application servers, Mail servers, DNS servers- the list is endless. Do
they get hacked? Sure they do. But if you think that Windows 2000
Server is just a security time bomb waiting to explode the moment it is
connected to the Internet, you have been reading wayyyy to much media
hype. Good luck in whatever choice you make.
List Charter and FAQ at:-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 7:00 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Mail Gateway requres Windows 2000 Server on the Internet?I'm currently in the process of trying to find a replacement for our current mail gateway/attachment filtering software. We use a product called Kinisphere, which is installed on NT Workstation that receives email, scans for attachment type and sends it onto an Exchange 5.5 Server that is sitting on the inside of our network. The process is reversed for outgoing mail.In looking at two of the most recommended products, Mail Marshall and Mail Essentials, I've noted that both require that they be installed on Windows 2000 Server (for the current versions). Now I'll admit to a healthy level of paranoia in my day to day work life, however the idea of having a Windows 2000 server out on the internet, scares me silly!Am I really being way too paranoid about this or is there really a safe way to put a Windows 2000 server out in the DMZ? How much care and feeding have ya'll been faced with? The company I work for tends to be quite conservative when trying to bring in new software (the idea of using Windows 2000 at all has management feeling quite uncomfortable).--LisaList Charter and FAQ at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
