> anyone can recommend software firewall for win2k adv. > server ? it is planed to be used as web server
Web servers, even those on Win2K, shouldn't need or have a firewall. This is true for several reasons... 1. What is the purpose of running a web server on a firewall? Does that make sense? No, of course not. 2. If you're concerned about restricting ports, why not simply disable or remove all unnecessary services? You're going to configure the firewall to allow port 80 (and maybe 443) anyway, right? So why not simply save yourself some hard drive space, memory, as well as admin and management headaches by simply turning off everything else? There's no reason you need to have the Server service running, for example, on a web server. In fact, you don't even need NetBIOS/NetBEUI installed. So...if you turn off all the services that you don't need, and you only have ports 80 (and 443, maybe) open, then what would be the point of the firewall? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
