Re: Firewall for Win2K Server

In the message "[Micronet] Firewall for Win2K Server", dated
2005-04-18, Don Bernstein wrote:

>On a hand-out that I received at the last Micronet meeting, Symantec
>Client Security is listed as an approved firewall for Windows 2000
>Server.

   It is, and that listing - in the SNS list of "Approved Software"
for anti-virus and host-based firewall that was distributed at last
Tuesday's (4/12) Micronet meeting - was in error, as Karl has noted.

   I believe Ryan Means may be the primary editor: Ryan, could you correct this?

   This approved software list should indicate - in whatever manner
fits the format of that list - that Symantec Client Security (SCS)
for Windows' anti-virus component (only) is compatible with Windows
Server 2000 and 2003, but that SCS's host-based firewall component is
not compatible with server versions of Windows.

   An FAQ entry to which you can refer others is:

<http://cab.berkeley.edu/help/faqs/scs2/scs-troubleshooting.html#sfc-not-servers>

>Symantec Client Firewall will not install on computers running
>Windows Server editions.
>(August 25, 2004, updated April 18, 2005)
>
>Solution: Use other firewall and intrusion protection products to
>protect Windows servers.
>
>Discussion: Symantec Client Firewall works only with client
>(workstation) versions of Microsoft Windows. To help protect server
>computers from attacks over the Internet, you will need to use other
>products.
>
>An alternative host-based firewall product for Windows Server 2003
>is Microsoft's integral Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). Earlier
>versions of Windows Server can be protected by hardware firewalls.
>Some campus server administrators also have installed intrusion
>protection software, such as Cisco Security Agent, as an added
>security layer.

   Corrections or suggestions regarding this FAQ entry are welcomed.

Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group

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Received on Mon Apr 18 11:46:57 2005