Desktop Firewall

[jschweg]

Gotta question concerning software desktop firewalls. Can anyone recommend a good server firewall which allows certain services to be let through on a port to port basis? I would just use tcp/ip filtering, but I need to have the option of a trusted subnet for unlimited access. Any recomendations?

Hardware firewall solutions, at the current time, is unfortunatley not an option right now. Thanks

 

[Marcs41]

Desktop firewalls?
This is the windows 2000 Server forum! If the solution is here, let us know it was helpful so others can benefit from it as too

 

[jschweg]

I know this is a windows 2000 forum, I just thought it would be a good idea to post here because it is a windows 2000 server I am protecting. I wanted to hear about solutions that you've used.

 

[Marcs41]

o, so you mean a firewall to put on a windows 2000 server? If the solution is here, let us know it was helpful so others can benefit from it as too

 

[jschweg]

yes, a software firewall for one of my win2k servers.

 

[q123we]

Check this out: (works well)

http://blackice.iss.net/product_server_protection.php

 

[Marcs41]

I would say, have a look around on the forums at

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadforum.cfm?lev2=3&lev3=21

Everyone has a favourite, but reading posts there maybe you can judge for yourself.
They all work, but YOU will have to manage them, so if you are not Hi-Tech or don't have the time, keep it simple. If the solution is here, let us know it was helpful so others can benefit from it as too

 

[LiNetTech]

Suggestion Personaly i have used black ice for years but I like its Gui other than that i use black ice on a server past a linksys router ! So limmetd access would be behind the server as a router win2k dns/ dchp / r/rass server for the domain and then from the router i had used the linksys as a safe restriced no to be part of the doamin , but would still get internet access ,
on the server i had still used flitering with in routing and ras as well as black ice just incase something got passed black ice , For back up !
I have had 2 wink servers running at one time doing the same thing but i dedicated one of them to run windows xp for learning it , so now in its place , i have the linksys router for the dmz and the windows 2k server behind it for the domain !
It can be done
Anthony Cabanas
Long Island Networking Technologies Inc acabanas@linettech.com