SBS Standard Edition secure for Web?

[ChunkySushi]

A copy of Microsoft Small Business Server Standard Edition (no ISA firewall included) was included with a cheap Dell server I picked up for a client on a very tight budget.
From product specs, it seems to not include a full fledged firewall like Premium Edition with ISA. However, looking at the config wizards, I see a connect to internet and VPN setup. Assuming client wants to use it as a internet gateway for internal clients/VPN server, how secure is it? Does it perform any true firewall functions? Don't want to go through the wizards only to have to reinstall because configuration changes didn't go across the board (I remember SBS 4.0 left a bad taste in my mouth).

 

[porkchopexpress]

There is a software firewall built in but i wouldn't recommend using it unless you really have too. I would recommend buying a cheap hardware firewall you can get them for under $100 now, if you are using an ADSL link then most ADSL routers come with firewall features so pick a model that has it.

 

[ChunkySushi]

Thanks for the response porkchopexpress.

That was probably what I was going to do (just going to tell him server costs more than it did). Guy is on a tight budget, and the low-end server /w SBS 2003 ran $500, so an additional $100-$125 for a very basic VPN router would have ran, percentage wise, another 20%+


Was just trying to find out if it was "decently" secure so I could be cheap.