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General Firewall question

Author
1 Mar 2005 2:28 PM
lorne
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

Author
13 Apr 2005 4:23 PM
JJA
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.

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"lorne" wrote:

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> 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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