"Barry Dorrans" <usenet@idunno.org.invalid> wrote in message
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> Samuria <samuria@mail15.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:49:51 +0000 (UTC), "J Houston"
> > <james.houston@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Using a modem on 2003 server is like suicide. With a modem your server
> > take son the ip of the internet connection and is open to every hack
> > going. You are making it easy by putting it on the server.
>
> Of course you could right click on the connection and turn 2003's
> firewall on ....
>
> OK so it doesn't block outgoing programs, but it does as good a job on
> filtering incoming packets as Zone Alarm or the rest of them does. It
> just doesn't have flashing lights
>

I will persuade the boss to buy a router in
the next few weeks, but for the moment, the
crappy Intel modem will do, and yes, I always
turn the Windows Server firewall on anyway.



James H