At 08:34 AM 1/20/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Running a free and open source software based firewall on a Win98 box >seems to me to be a little difficult to do correctly, as the Win98 >"kernel" is closed. You would have to have a prog running that can inspect >all packets before certain other progs get to them. I don't think that's >possible with any M$ software. I know there are closed apps out there for >Windoze, but I suspect they are not as robust as the firewalls built into >the Linux and *BSD kernels. > >Any thoughts? Does M$ Windows have the capability to establish a firewall >ruleset?
NT, Win2k, and presumably Windows .NET Server have this feature built-in. However, the interface is by no means as flexible as, say, ipchains or ipf. For that level of control you would want to purchase a commercial product that enforces its own ruleset. --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
