Re: How safe is SBS firewall on its own?

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From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] (not_at_your.nellie)
Date: 05/20/04 

Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 23:02:34 +1000

cooooooorrrrrrrrrrrr, I get to argue security with Susan.

As Bob points out, though his original post suggests 'nothing is open' his
later post has Shields Up suggesting both port 80 and someother,,, sounds
like a good reason for an aditional firewall to me.

Whether that additional firewall is a true firewall product or a simple NAT
router matters little to me.

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
wrote in message news:e5l7mQiPEHA.3100@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> If you have no open ports... you don't need another firewall on the
> outside IMHO. Your only threat vectors are your employees stupidity,
> emails and you employees surfing the web.
>
> bob wrote:
> > SBS standard on static IP, no ports open for anything, ran ICW and
uncheck
> > all choices, exchange using POP and smarthost to send. Any
recommendations
> > for a hardware firewall that won't break the bank? The reason I ask, I
> > pitched the Linksys, 200 bucks down the drain, it broke and am going to
be
> > forced to run without a hard FW for a few days.
> >
> >
>
> --
> http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm

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