Monroe406
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TCP/IP filtering for LAN
Having recently installed Win2K Server as our DHCP and RAS server for our LAN of 6 PCs, I was wondering about turning on TCP/IP filtering as a poor man's way of creating a firewall. Question: What TCP/IP filtering parameters should I be using? We wish to access HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Ping, TraceRT, and Remote Terminal Services. Would it make more sense to purchase a third party software firewall, such as ZoneAlarm or BlackIce? Any problem with running such on the server?
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Personally, I prefer Tiny for other reasons as well. It is completely customizable and worked better than ZoneAlarm and Norton Internet Security in my case.
I highly recomend Zone Alarm.
Depending on your connection to the Internet, I'd also suggest a Linksys router (www.linksys.com) which would cost about $100 and save you a ton of time and trouble.
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Depending on your connection to the Internet, I'd also suggest a Linksys router (www.linksys.com) which would cost about $100 and save you a ton of time and trouble.
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you can also use Internet connection Sharing that comes with Win2K. It allows port blocking and static NAT. It does require 2 NICs though
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Monroe,
I believe that you got some useful answers here. You asked about using a firewall instead of TCP/IP filtering and got some suggestions regarding that.
Do you mind justifying your reason to delete question a bit more.
Thanks,
Nenadic
I believe that you got some useful answers here. You asked about using a firewall instead of TCP/IP filtering and got some suggestions regarding that.
Do you mind justifying your reason to delete question a bit more.
Thanks,
Nenadic
Thank you for the points.
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