Re: Device/Firewall for SOHO in AD 2003 Env

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From: Seay (seay_at_mail.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:19:15 -0500

Ok...along those lines - anything like this with up to 5 PUBLIC IP at least?
Thanks.

"Steve Bruce, mct" <steve@xmaslake.com> wrote in message
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> At the cheap end, any $40 cable router will do what you are asking. Their
> firewall function is usually just a port blocker - nothing too advanced
> and
> they will only support 1 external IP. They will publish your internal
> Servers. The security is pretty good but their are no intrusion
> detection
> mechanisms.
>
> When I was shopping for a commercial product last week, I found the
> "Symantec Hardware Firewall Routers" to offer the best prices - starting
> under $400.
>
>
>
> "Seay" <seay@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:eTBpORCmEHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Background:
>>
>> We have three servers with its own web contents available on the
>> Internet.
>> Our servers are not behing ANY firewall and would liekt o place behind
>> firewall (I only want to expose the necessary services to the outside
>> world - nothing more). Each server is Windows 2003 Std. and one is a DC.
>>
>> (1) I have three servers internally that has its own public IP.
>>
>> (2) I want a firewall device to block everything except the web sites
>> (other services) I have on each one. I want o publish any service (FTP,
>> RDP, etc) and punch a hole in the firewall device and port forwad to
> correct
>> internal IP.
>>
>> Question:
>> =======
>>
>> What device for the SOHO (cheap), that will allow me to forward traffic
> from
>> each PUBLIC IP (only 3 servers to forward to) to the correct Internal
>> Server? Basically, I want a device that will function a simple firewall,
>> and also port forwards traffic of public IP to the appropriate internal
>> IP
> /
>> server.
>>
>> Hope this makes sense...please let me know what you think - thanks.
>>
>>
>
>

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