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Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server?
From: "Pace, Guy" <gpace () CIS CTC EDU>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:04:47 -0700
Vuong, I think you might be confusing the XP endpoint firewall (which does only monitor inbound traffic) with the Win2k3 endpoint firewall. The Windows 2003 firewall is much more feature rich than the XP, manages both incoming and outgoing traffic and allows very granular control of ports, IP source and target, and traffic. It will log, as well, and that can be incorporated into your MOM service. The wizard that must be installed to configure the system for the first time gives you a run down on the capabilities and feature set of the firewall. You do need to know what services and applications are going to run on your server beforehand so that you know what selections to make. Believe me, if you don't set it up correctly, a service or application on your server will not be able to communicate out. No, it probably isn't as "good" as a third-party commercial product, but it is part of the package and requires no extra license It is a good, no-cost endpoint option for internal, server-to-server traffic control and management. It is not an enterprise firewall. Guy L. Pace, CISSP Security Administrator Center for Information Services (CIS) 3101 Northup Way, Suite 100 Bellevue, WA 98004 425-803-9724 gpace () cis ctc edu -----Original Message----- From: Vuong Phung [mailto:vphung () SCIENCE SJSU EDU] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:36 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Windows 2003 built-in firewall only blocks incoming traffic and don't do much logging and alerting. We are looking for a firewall to install on Windows 2003 server to control and monitor its outgoing and incoming traffic. A lot of googling didn't show many products, and none of them really stand out or have much review about the products. Does anyone know or use any third-party firewall on Windows 2003 server that can control, monitor and alerting (via email or log to the event log) its outgoing and incoming traffic? Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vuong Phung Operating Systems Administrator College of Science - Dean's Office San Jose State University One Washington Square San Jose, CA 95192-0099 Duncan Hall 33 Tel 1.408.924.5056 Fax 1.408.924.5033 Web https://ncs.science.sjsu.edu/helpdesk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Current thread:
- host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Vuong Phung (Jun 15)
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- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? John (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Graham Toal (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Vuong Phung (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Tim Newcomb (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Pace, Guy (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Vuong Phung (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Petreski, Samuel (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Bob Kehr (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Graham Toal (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Petreski, Samuel (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Graham Toal (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Petreski, Samuel (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Graham Toal (Jun 15)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Flagg, Martin D. (Jun 22)
- Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Graham Toal (Jun 22)
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