Piscilla what apart from Elijah's BSD firewall one can use if he does not have UNIX based machines in his setup ? Pls advice
Piyush --- Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > MADMAN wrote: > > > > money no object, hardware based > > > > money an object, CBAC works well > > > > no moe money, ACLs > > > > Dave > > With such a small site, personal firewall software > on each of the computers > might be a good option too. That could work out to > be pretty cost-effective > and certainly easy to install and configure. For > additional security, > combine the personal firewalls with access-control > lists (ACLs) on the > router or the Context-Based Access Control (CBAC) > firewall feature set for > the router. > > Elijah's BSD firewall looks like a good option too, > especially considering > it's an intrusion detection system (IDS) too. If the > customer knows some > UNIX and doesn't have money to spend, this would be > a great choice. > > And James, please give your friend a bit of a > talking to. ;-) Not using > firewalls in this day and age is shockingly unwise. > Please have him check > all the computers for worms or Trojan horses that > are busy attacking the > rest of us. Thanks. > > Priscilla > > > > > James Gruggett wrote: > > > > > > I have a friend that has a T1 going into his > 1700 series > > cisco router. > > > His ISp has stated that someone has hacked into > his Win2k > > server and > > > that he must put a firewall in place. > > > > > > Do you reccomend a software or hardware based > firewall and > > what type. > > > > > > The network consist of 1 server, 1 switch, ans > 10 > > workstations. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > [GroupStudy.com removed an attachment of type > text/x-vcard > > which had a name > > > of james.gruggett.vcf] > > -- > > David Madland > > CCIE# 2016 > > Sr. Network Engineer > > Qwest Communications > > 612-664-3367 > > > > "You don't make the poor richer by making the rich > poorer." > > --Winston > > Churchill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Missed your favourite TV serial last night? Try the new, Yahoo! TV. visit http://in.tv.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=58323&t=57893 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]