Firewall to protect iis

External Since: Jan 30, 2004 Posts: 6

Hi

Firstly, sorry for the cross-post.

And now for my question:
I am going to install a MS 2003 Server as a web server shortly.
Unfortunatly our budget doesnt stretch to a standalone firewall, so can
anyone suggest a good, but resonably priced software one that will protect
my server from hacking gits and also log access etc?

I only have a single PC so bear this in mind with your suggestions.

Thank-you v.much.

John

External Since: Jul 02, 2004 Posts: 31

In article <401ec9e2$0$18965$65c69314@mercury.nildram.net>,
reply DeleteThis @tothegroup.com says...
> Hi
>
> Firstly, sorry for the cross-post.
>
> And now for my question:
> I am going to install a MS 2003 Server as a web server shortly.
> Unfortunatly our budget doesnt stretch to a standalone firewall, so can
> anyone suggest a good, but resonably priced software one that will protect
> my server from hacking gits and also log access etc?
>
> I only have a single PC so bear this in mind with your suggestions.

If you can't afford a real firewall appliance, get at least a NAT router
device with SPI and a the ability to block IP's.

Make sure that you really understand how to secure a web server and make
sure that you don't put it in your AD Domain, etc....

If I were you, I would want to different networks for this.

A real firewall, something that can block attacks and such, can be as
cheap as $1700 and has two interfaces (other than the WAN) - one for DMZ
and one for LAN.

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