Greetings, I have been asked by a friend with a small law office and a limited budget to help him set up a LAN with Internet access and VPN service for several satellite offices. DSL is available, so that takes care of the pipe. The next question is, how should I design the network? I have never done this kind of thing before. My experience is limited to peer-to-peer with MS software, and I am well aware of how steep the learning curve is, but I am up for a challenge. My friend knows next to nothing about computers, and he really needs a solution. Telling him to hire a consultant is not realistic, for $$$ reasons, and I'm afraid that if I turn him down, he will just get a local yo-yo to stick an NT server machine on the DSL and enable RAS. Then next month you'd be hearing about how his site was the launch point of an attack against NSA or something. The bottom line is, how can I acquire knowledge fast? Which books, papers, sites would you direct me to to learn the basics of a sound network design? I've been on this list for a while, and have acquired quite a list of sites and info regarding locking down NT, firewalls, and other security issues, but I need the basics. Please don't tell me that I'm crazy, because I know that already. Thanks in advance for your help and understanding. -Andy - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
