Good Windows 2003 server firewall

I'm looking to add a firewall for a Windows 2003 web server that's running
IIS, FTP, and SQL Server.

I've looked at Kerio Server Firewall and I like their intrusion prevention
and application hardening features. However the price tag looks to be a
little high, at $600 + subscription fees.

Are there good alternatives that you guys can recommend? Free would be even
better of course. Note that this is a server, not a personal computer, so
no recommendations on desktop firewall/antivirus software. Thanks.

jeff
Fri Feb 04 07:13:59 CST 2005

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 02:38:51 -0800, "Shabam"
<chalupa@yomama-nospam.com> wrote:

>I'm looking to add a firewall for a Windows 2003 web server that's running
>IIS, FTP, and SQL Server.
>
>I've looked at Kerio Server Firewall and I like their intrusion prevention
>and application hardening features. However the price tag looks to be a
>little high, at $600 + subscription fees.
>
>Are there good alternatives that you guys can recommend? Free would be even
>better of course. Note that this is a server, not a personal computer, so
>no recommendations on desktop firewall/antivirus software. Thanks.

Free puts you in the IPCop range, assuming you have an extra box
around. Personally I like the SonicWalls, depending on your needs a
SOHO model might be perfectly fine for you.

Jeff

Steven
Fri Feb 04 19:38:00 CST 2005

I second Jeff's recommendation. The Sonicwall TZ170 can do a lot depending
on your needs or even a used SOHO3 on Ebay. Then you have a device blocking
all the garbage before it gets to your server. --- Steve

http://www.sonicwall.com/products/tz170.html --- starts around $350.

"Shabam" <chalupa@yomama-nospam.com> wrote in message
news:JvmdnUAo8PH50p7fRVn-tA@adelphia.com...
> I'm looking to add a firewall for a Windows 2003 web server that's running
> IIS, FTP, and SQL Server.
>
> I've looked at Kerio Server Firewall and I like their intrusion prevention
> and application hardening features. However the price tag looks to be a
> little high, at $600 + subscription fees.
>
> Are there good alternatives that you guys can recommend? Free would be
> even
> better of course. Note that this is a server, not a personal computer, so
> no recommendations on desktop firewall/antivirus software. Thanks.
>
>

Kristofer
Sat Feb 05 03:24:32 CST 2005

"Free" usually means a software firewall, and i would recommend a hardware
firewall (or a linux box with firewall software installed might work too).

Other than that i do not have any specific product to recommend. I usually
like D-LINK products.


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Shabam wrote:

> I'm looking to add a firewall for a Windows 2003 web server that's
running
> IIS, FTP, and SQL Server.
>
> I've looked at Kerio Server Firewall and I like their intrusion
prevention
> and application hardening features. However the price tag looks to be a
> little high, at $600 + subscription fees.
>
> Are there good alternatives that you guys can recommend? Free would be
even
> better of course. Note that this is a server, not a personal computer,
so
> no recommendations on desktop firewall/antivirus software. Thanks.

Lanwench
Sat Feb 05 14:08:32 CST 2005

Shabam wrote:
> I'm looking to add a firewall for a Windows 2003 web server that's
> running IIS, FTP, and SQL Server.
>
> I've looked at Kerio Server Firewall and I like their intrusion
> prevention and application hardening features. However the price tag
> looks to be a little high, at $600 + subscription fees.
>
> Are there good alternatives that you guys can recommend? Free would
> be even better of course. Note that this is a server, not a personal
> computer, so no recommendations on desktop firewall/antivirus
> software. Thanks.

Agreed - on a network, protect it at the perimeter, even if you also want to
lock down each server/workstation with a software firewall app. I also like
Sonicwalls. However, to protect a server such as you're talking about, I
don't think $600 sounds like much at all - and even with a sonicwall, you
really should keep your maintenance/support contract current, annually. How
much would it cost you if this server got trashed? Don't skimp on security
products or backups...they will cost you less in the long run than going
cheap & cheerful.

John
Tue Feb 08 10:11:26 CST 2005

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 02:38:51 -0800, "Shabam"
<chalupa@yomama-nospam.com> wrote:

>I'm looking to add a firewall for a Windows 2003 web server that's running
>IIS, FTP, and SQL Server.
>
>I've looked at Kerio Server Firewall and I like their intrusion prevention
>and application hardening features. However the price tag looks to be a
>little high, at $600 + subscription fees.
>
>Are there good alternatives that you guys can recommend? Free would be even
>better of course. Note that this is a server, not a personal computer, so
>no recommendations on desktop firewall/antivirus software. Thanks.
>


I've used blackice server on a 2000 and 2003 servers works well no
problems.

John Cesta

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24hedi
Tue May 24 15:51:56 CDT 2005


look at http://m0n0.ch/wall

This is an open source firwall built on FreeBSD. It is very secure an
as easy to configure as a linksys router/fw.

it can be run from a bootable cdrom, compact flash or harddrive, usin
old hardware..ie p2/350 with 64meg ram


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