RE: suggestions on a good firewall

["dave" <dave () netmedic net>]

On w2003 you still have to things like disable lmhash storage, enable
syskey, set access control lists etc.etc..

 
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Dave Kleiman
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-----Original Message-----
From: salgak () speakeasy net [mailto:salgak () speakeasy net] 
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 13:07
To: dave; salgak () speakeasy net; 'Mark Ng'; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: suggestions on a good firewall


OK, for a MICROSOFT product, it ships fairly locked down.  It is no longer
the equivalent of a pretty girl in a bad part of town with a "rape me" sign,
which is a graphic, if apt, description of an out-of-the-box Win2K box.. .
 
> Plus it takes about 30 minutes to lock down a W2K box, with IIS on it.  If
> you use one of the tools/scripts out there. Or make one yourself.

Then again Win2003 is effectively Win2K SP4. . .



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