Re: Setting up secure windows xp network

[Danny <drh26 () drexel edu>]

Windows XP comes with a half decent built in firewall. Go into your  
network card properties, click on the advanced tab and check the box  
marked "protect my computer and network my limiting or preventing  
access to this computer from the internet" By default this blocks *all*  
connections to the IP that the network card has assigned to it, so you  
may want to play around with the settings of the firewall, if you don't  
want anyone to even know your gateway machine is alive on the internet  
just leave it as the default since it doesn't even reply to a ping.

On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 11:29 PM, Lachlan McGill wrote:

> As a very simple method, you can try just blocking ports on the  
> network card
> level in its TCP/IP properties. This is very simple and also not  
> necessarily
> the most secure.
>
> You should be able to get some success with third party apps such as
> Nortons, Mcafee and Zone Alarm. Its just a matter of configuring them
> properly to suit your setup.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SML [mailto:sml () ukf net]
> Sent: Friday, 23 May 2003 12:57 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
>
> Hello list.
> I'm in the process of securing Windows xp prof network, consisting of 5
> computers.
> We use "workgroup" configuration.
> Also the computers are conected to internet through windows 2000  
> gateway
> computer with 2 network cards, where one card connects to ADSL router.  
> NAT
> software is in place on the gateway.
> I'd much appreciate if somebody could point me to the internet  
> recourses, or
> give advise on how to make the most of windows own security features,
> policies etc. Also what software firewall could we use on the gateway,  
> since
> after trying norton and mcaffe firewals, we couldn't access the  
> intrenet.
>
> Thanks,
> Anna
>
>
>
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