ANyone have any advice on installing a software firewall? I have tried it once andit locked me out of the server. Also any software firewalls that are recommended for w2k3 server? ZOnealarm, Seagate etc? Thanks

8SF

http://www.8signs.com

RRAS Setup Tutorial

http://www.bganet.org/rras/rrassetup.htm

What are you trying to protect? Your game servers? Game Server Firewalls can be a bitch when trying to get all those ports open. Also it will eat up CPU time which on game servers is very valiable.

The Planets VP in Information Security reccemended Black Ice Server to me

Can't go wrong with the firewall built right in to W2k3. No, not the less-than-useful ICF, but the one in Routine and Remote Access. It's easy to setup and maintain, can be used on multiple IPs, and ultimately, does the job. Follow the tutorial posted by Lunch[box] above.

The above link for RRAS is not working. Does anyone have a mirror for this?

Thanks
Abbas

Seems to be up now. This is what I used to setup RRAS on my box, if you follow it you'll be fine.

Also, somebody posted a great idea in a different thread. Create a batch file (say c:stopras.bat) and add the following line to it



Now use Task Scheduler to schedule that batch file for say 10 minutes or so. Now, no matter how badly you screw up your RRAS config, that batch file will kick in and turn it off. (Note: run the batch file manually first just to make sure you've typed it correctly. You should get a "service not started" error).

I will try this i guest this only shows ports as open or closed.. no stealth?

I guess if you have open ports for services that will blow stealths cover anyway

AndiC

what if i have other ip's one for each ssl settup what would i have to do there?


AndiC