Re: Clusters and firewalls/port filtering

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I personally found this blog post to be most helpful
http://msmvps.com/clustering/archive/2005/08/11/62372.aspx

I never use port filtering, I like real hardware firewalls. As far as
firewalls go, a cluster is really like any other server on the wire. Sorta
:)

Cheers,

Rod

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
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"Tim Munro" <Excelsior@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> What are the recommendations w.r.t. MSCS clusters (W2k3 EE), and
> Firewalls or Port filtering? Good? Bad? Do? Don't?
>
> Thanks a bunch
>
> --
> Tim.
>
>


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