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y first question is why are there software firewalls in place?<br />
When Configuring a server inside a network software firewalls are the first thing I disable.
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y first question is why are there software firewalls in place?
When Configuring a server inside a network software firewalls are the first thing I disable.

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The firewalls are required for PCI compliance.
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The firewalls are required for PCI compliance.

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Firewalls on internal servers are not required. &nbsp;a Firewall in front of the servers is required.
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Firewalls on internal servers are not required.  a Firewall in front of the servers is required.

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I was under the impression that firewalls are also required between devices. You're saying this is not the case for PCI DSS 2.0? Are you familiar with something I'm missing?
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I was under the impression that firewalls are also required between devices. You're saying this is not the case for PCI DSS 2.0? Are you familiar with something I'm missing?

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Works fine for 2008. The 2003 firewall isn't as sophisticated. I've worked around this issue by upgrading all servers to 2008.
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Works fine for 2008. The 2003 firewall isn't as sophisticated. I've worked around this issue by upgrading all servers to 2008.

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I have Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 systems. They use different software firewalls. I want to make sure the servers can talk to each other freely without the firewalls getting in the way. Can anyone tell me how to correctly configure the Server 2003 AND Server 2008 firewalls so this will work? I have a total of 6 servers (a mix of 2003 and 2008) and I need them all to talk freely.
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I have Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 systems. They use different software firewalls. I want to make sure the servers can talk to each other freely without the firewalls getting in the way. Can anyone tell me how to correctly configure the Server 2003 AND Server 2008 firewalls so this will work? I have a total of 6 servers (a mix of 2003 and 2008) and I need them all to talk freely.

Configure firewall for trusted zones/domains/subnets etc...

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Software firewalls, also known as host-based firewalls, provide a layer of software on one host that controls network traffic in and out of that single machine. Most operating systems now include firewall software, but many available software firewalls include central distribution, antivirus systems and disaster recovery.