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General Firewall questionHi everyone,
This is just a general question for anyone.... on a network consisting of 8 workstations and a w2k server, should there be firewall software run on the server? the workstations are all win xp pro with sp2. 2 of the employees live on their msn messenger and icq chat ALL day long as well as download music (they are the boss's daughters so they can "do as they please". I am finding that I am constantly fighting viruses and recently had to reinstall the OS on the server as it appeared to be compromised. Is there any special firewall software that can be used on the server to help protect it and allow me to block the chat and download stuff? thanks for suggestions Your best bet is to install a hardware solution, that is buy a hardware
firewall. The reason is if you have a server or workstation that is operating as a firewall, the OS is succeptable to attack. Show quoteHide quote "lorne" wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > This is just a general question for anyone.... > on a network consisting of 8 workstations and a w2k server, should there be > firewall software run on the server? the workstations are all win xp pro > with sp2. 2 of the employees live on their msn messenger and icq chat ALL > day long as well as download music (they are the boss's daughters so they > can "do as they please". > I am finding that I am constantly fighting viruses and recently had to > reinstall the OS on the server as it appeared to be compromised. > Is there any special firewall software that can be used on the server to > help protect it and allow me to block the chat and download stuff? > > thanks for suggestions > > > |
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