I'm glad this is the response - I've been telling our owner that since we got the firewall and I started planning the new infrastructure, but they are chomping at the bit... So I'm hoping to get enough replies saying the same thing so that I can force the issue down their throats. <VBG>
Thanks! J -----Original Message----- From: James ( in Texas ) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SonicWALL]- Sonicwall filtering John I for one Block everything and then Open up what is needed. You need to be very selective on what you open. James At 11:22 AM 3/21/2002 -0600, you wrote: >I've been blocking things as I find them on my corporate network now that I >have the sonicwall running - junk that users shouldn't really be doing >during business hours. I wanted to get a baseline read of what traffic we >*really* use for business and hosting purposes on our two T-1's. > >But there are so many things out there that jump from port to port, that can >span a range of thousands of ports if necessary, that it's impossible to >individually block them. > >What's the general consensus out here in sonicwall listland regarding >blocking unwanted protocols - how many of you block things individually, and >how many of you just block everything and then open specific ports for >necessary functions? > >I'm very close to redoing my rule set to only allow the few protocols I know >we need, then after that have a few rules to block everything else. > >Suggestions from those in the trenches who've gone here already? > >I figured I'd look into this since I've had no joy with the XP VPN client. >Just can't get it to connect no matter what I do.... Time for something else >to occupy me for a while so I can take a VPN break. :> > >John > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude/F-Prot Virus] ============================================================================ ======================= To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the email put the following: unsubscribe sonicwall your_name The archive of this list is at http://www.mail-archive.com/sonicwall%40peake.com/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude/F-Prot Virus] =================================================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the email put the following: unsubscribe sonicwall your_name The archive of this list is at http://www.mail-archive.com/sonicwall%40peake.com/
