Re: Firewall Appliance Needed?

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From: Frank McCallister (anonymous)
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 12:57:56 -0500

Hi Adam

I feel that ISA is a very secure Firewall and an additional Firewall
appliance is unnecesary. An inexpensive router to keep your DSL modem
connected will provide some basic initial firewall protection but that is
all I suggest. See
http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=52 for ideal setup

Frank McCallister
COMPUMAC
"Adam Selene" <as@freeluna.org> wrote in message
news:n84rl0dljmkg183mgu1ubrrpf851an5ft5@4ax.com...
> I'm about to deploy a SBS 2k3 Premium server and the question of a
> firewall appliance has arisen. I know that a firewall appliance was
> recommended in certain configurations but I can't recall what these
> were.
>
> Does anyone feel strongly about this issue? I see that ISA Server is
> the basis for some new firewall appliances and this suggests to me
> that I may not truly need an appliance if I deploy ISA from the
> Premium Technologies disk.
>
> The server I'm about to deploy will not offer public access and it
> will probably NOT host email although it MAY support OWA for mail
> retrieved via the POP3 Connector. It would also be desirable to allow
> Remote System Administration/Support.
>
> I'm just undecided about the subject of a firewall appliance and I'm
> wondering if anyone has developed a strong enough sense of trust in
> ISA to feel that an appliance may not be necessary.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice,
>
>
> --
> ASelene

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