Hardening Windows 2000

[spydyr]

We're getting ready to upgrade to NG and figured this would be a good time to upgrade the server and the OS. Does anyone have any tips on hardening Windows 2000 before we install NG. I've looked through Checkpoint's support site and I can't find anything on Windows 2000.

Has anyone installed NG on a Windows 2000 machine? Would love to hear about your experiences.

-Jason

 

[bbarts]

Did anyone ever answer your question?
I am going through the same thing and having a tough time finding Documentation

Thank you
Bobby

 

[spydyr]

No one has responded other than you. I installed NG on our Windows 2000 server but haven't performed the switch yet. Checkpoint has documentation on how to transfer the rules and other configuration files but that's about it. I followed their steps and everything seemed to transfer just fine.

Before you install NG on Windows 2000 make sure you install Routing and Remote Access and turn the server into a gateway. I was thinking NG would do this for you but it doesn't.

 

[Guest_imported]

I have yet to find anything...if anyone does please pass it along..

 

[bbarts]

I was able to find a couple of documents.
Here are the links.

http://nsa1.www.conxion.com/win2k/download.htm

http://www.rtek2000.com/Tech/InternetSecureLinks.html#hard

The second link contains documents that you can print but not download. The third link on that page (Win2k.pdf) is an excellent document for Hardening Win2k.

Good luck
B

 

[angelo990]

This should help a bit:

http://bfn.org/~be281/papers.htm