And, of course, unless win2k has a new updated IIS, well, then make sure
you redo that box at the least, and most likely the exchange server all
from sc4ratch, as since they are currently unprotected, are likely to be
compromised already. No unprotected machines should EVER be put on the
internet.
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, makella wrote:
> Doug,
>
> Try OpenBSD - www.openbsd.org
>
> It comes with IPFilter - for more details on IPFilter , look at
>http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon
>
>
> Works fine, is easy to configure and maintain, and is absolutely free!
>
> Cheers,
> Mani
>
>
> >Greetings all
> >
> >I have a 10 pc network that I run from my home, currently 5 of them are
> >connected directly to the internet via DSL.
> >One is a Windows 2000 DC with Active Directory and IIS running on it.
> >Another is a NT 4.0 Member server running Exchange 5.5
> >
> >I have personal firewalls on all but the DC and Exchange server machines.
> I
> >want to set up a real firewall between the internet and my LAN. I can not
> >afford to buy a firewall currently. However I have a couple of spare Pentium
>
> >II machines that I install Linux on and then use a Linux firewall. Can
> >anyone suggest a good Linux firewall that I could download off the Internet
>
> >for free, or freeware based Windows firewall. I want to learn about
> >firewalls as well as protect my systems. If this is a bad approach to the
> >problem or if you have a better suggestion I am open to it.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Doug
> >
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