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Well what all is your server used for? &nbsp;Do you have a firewall in place? &nbsp;The most simple thing to do is ONLY open the ports that you absolutely have to. &nbsp;IE &nbsp;if it is a web server, only open port 80. &nbsp;Are you NATing at all or does your server have a public IP address directly assigned to it?
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Well what all is your server used for?  Do you have a firewall in place?  The most simple thing to do is ONLY open the ports that you absolutely have to.  IE  if it is a web server, only open port 80.  Are you NATing at all or does your server have a public IP address directly assigned to it?

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server1 - Only use DNS<br />
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server2 - Web server, dns2, ftp, and mail<br />
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Using a linksys router atm, no 100% hardware firewalls in place though...
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server1 - Only use DNS

server2 - Web server, dns2, ftp, and mail

Using a linksys router atm, no 100% hardware firewalls in place though...

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Cool, Thank you for the info
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On windows server 2003, Ive ran into a few problems, first off, I was an idiot, setup a mail server, and did not secure it. That was stupid I know, Anyways, several unknown items happened...pretty much someone or someone(s) is using my mail server to send out spam...Ok, I went in a fixed it, so that wont happen any more, but after that little incident I started wondering how secure server 2003 really is. Im needing to know away to test every corner of my severs to see what exactly someone could do to it, if they happened to come accross. Open for any suggestions. Thanks.
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On windows server 2003, Ive ran into a few problems, first off, I was an idiot, setup a mail server, and did not secure it. That was stupid I know, Anyways, several unknown items happened...pretty much someone or someone(s) is using my mail server to send out spam...Ok, I went in a fixed it, so that wont happen any more, but after that little incident I started wondering how secure server 2003 really is. Im needing to know away to test every corner of my severs to see what exactly someone could do to it, if they happened to come accross. Open for any suggestions. Thanks.

Windows Server 2003 Security

Operating system security (OS security) is the process of ensuring OS integrity, confidentiality and availability. OS security refers to specified steps or measures used to protect the OS from threats, viruses, worms, malware or remote hacker intrusions. OS security encompasses all preventive-control techniques, which safeguard any computer assets capable of being stolen, edited or deleted if OS security is compromised, including authentication, passwords and threats to systems and programs.