First> Make a security policy, don't buy anything while you don't have this document.
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
>
> > I naively thought that there would be a concensus of opinion as to the
> > preferred option, be it a particular product or technology Proxying or
> > packet filtering. One firewall vendor told me it was pointless having > a firewall
>to guard my web server !
>
> Depending on what you're planning to do with it, that may very well be correct.
>
> > The licencing was also confusing as for a web server supposedly I
> > needed a
> > unlimited licence but if I brought the server on site using the
> > leased line
> > the firewall would only need to have as many licences as computers on > my
>internal network.
>
> Can't say for sure without knowing more, but maybe the logic is that you'd need a
>license for every computer on your ISP's internal network.
>
> Now, more to the point, why do you think you need a firewall on your web server?
>
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