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Re: host based firewall for windows 2003 server?
From: "Lucas, Bryan" <b.lucas () TCU EDU>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:12:01 -0500
If its abandon-ware, I take that to mean it won't get any updates. What if a vulnerability is discovered? Agree about SCW. -----Original Message----- From: Vuong Phung [mailto:vphung () SCIENCE SJSU EDU] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 5:56 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] host based firewall for windows 2003 server? Thanks all for your response to my query. After much of testing both commercial and freeware, I decided to use Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 (abandon-ware, Symantec bought Sygate) Just google it for a copy. This software is easy to use, work right out of the box, has not given me any trouble so far, alert me via email on port scan attempt, and the Advanced Rules feature is awesome which allows me to block/allow in/out traffic base on NIC (in case you have more than one NIC on your server), hostname, mac address, subnet, applications, the ability to block/allow traffic on schedule (yes, you tell it when to apply the rule), and lastly - anti application hijacking. What it lacks is the ability to forward logs to syslog. Microsoft Security Configuration Wizard is a nightmare because it's easy to apply but so many times HARD/FAIL to rollback. I personally recommend this abandon-ware host firewall as an alternative to Windows 2003 server built-in firewall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Vuong Phung Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:36 AM To: 'The EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group Listserv' Subject: 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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