"Hans" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for some recommondation on which firewall type (hw:i.e.

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm looking for some recommondation on which firewall type (hw:i.e. cisco/sw: i.e. stonegate?) is best suited for my w2k adv. + IIS 5.0 webserver. As I've been hacked 100%, I want to make sure that my next installation is protected as efficient as possible. Thx.

> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for some recommondation on which firewall type (hw:i.e.
> cisco/sw: i.e. stonegate?) is best suited for my w2k adv. + IIS 5.0
> webserver. As I've been hacked 100%, I want to make sure that my
> next installation is protected as efficient as possible. Thx.

"Jeff Cochran" <jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com> wrote in message
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> Given that you've already been successfully attacked, then the best
> firewall *for you* is one that you understand how to configure
> correctly, and that you actually use. Be aware that just putting a
> firewall in won't prevent successful attacks.
>
> Start at http://securityadmin.info/. Don't reconnect to an online
> source until you're sure you're protected.
>
> Jeff

"Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> This is an age old argument and you are probably best off searching
> www.google.com and www.google.com/advanced_group_search to read the
articles
> and posts already written about this topic over the years. Additionally,
> "hardware" versus "software" firewall means different things to different
> people and is also a subject of debate to some extent.
>
> I would think you should definitely invest in an external firewall device,
> given that these can be cheap or free [such as Linux / *nix firewalls,
some
> of which come with easy to use GUIs or run entirely off of a boot CD with
no
> installation required]. In some cases it may make sense to also use some
> sort of firewall software on the IIS server itself, since while firewall
> devices are arguably not as trivial to defeat, there are some things that
> can only be done by firewall software on a server, such as denying access
> based on the executable generating the network traffic.
>
> Both such firewalls are listed below:
>
> http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#firewall
>
> www.netscreen.com is one respected choice starting around $550 US last
time
> I checked. Others may recommend www.sonicwall.com or www.watchguard.com
or
> the other devices on the list above for relatively inexpensive firewall
> appliances.
>
>
>
> "Hans" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C35CB0E5-5F80-43B4-BBA2-746DDDF73CA0@microsoft.com...
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm looking for some recommondation on which firewall type (hw:i.e.
> cisco/sw: i.e. stonegate?) is best suited for my w2k adv. + IIS 5.0
> webserver. As I've been hacked 100%, I want to make sure that my next
> installation is protected as efficient as possible. Thx.
>
>