Re: Adding Front End Security Server
From: Henry Craven (IUnknown_at_Dot.Nyet)
Date: 10/26/04
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:52:07 +1000
Terry, I understand your concerns and the need for security, but one can
get too twisted reading all the Security Alert/paranoia sites sometimes,
especially when you're starting out.
My first comment is to -Forget Black Ice- It's not a Server Level
firewall and cannot compare to ISA. It a Home User firewall.
Secondly: Are you running ISA with a 2 NIC setup ?
Thirdly: What have you exposed on your Server, and How tightly have you
locked down the System ?
Lastly: If you don't have time to administer the current System, where
are you going to find the time to adequately configure and administer an
expanded and more complex configuration ?
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Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
CI Information Technology
Melbourne Australia
"Terry" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0ed601c4bafb$c5f28720$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Please don't anyone take offense to this, but I don't
> think that ANY network connection ( that is plugged in )is
> truly safe.
>
> Yes, we have things in place now, but the next
> vulerability that is discovered and made public tends to
> make one very uneasy about what level of protection is
> truly there.
>
> As a business, we house alot of financial data on
> individuals and businesses. This means alot of potential
> liability.
>
> After reading several articles on the SANS.org website, I
> am just trying to be sure that we have done everything we
> can to prevent a compromised system. Maybe I am just
> paranoid, but after reading all of the firewall alerts and
> logs we have, I just thought we could prevent something by
> layering security.
>
> Unfortunately, we are a small shop, and I do other things.
> Sometimes, I may not have an opportunity to check things
> for a few days or at worst weeks. It would be nice if
> there was a way to at supplement the features already in
> the system.
>
> We are currently running BlackIce on the SBS box, my only
> complaint is that is slows things down too much.
>
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