Can anyone help Scott?
Submitted by d on October 25 1999 at 00:37:10
In reply to tell me more... Submitted by Scott on October 24 1999 at 16:51:45
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I don't have current info. I would suggest looking in trade magazines (www.pcweek.com, etc.) especially the advertising sections. Then go to the USENET newsgroups (www.deja.com) to find out "the truth" (magazines & ads can be notoriously one-sided). Big computer companies (www.cisco.com, www.ibm.com, www.sun.com) sell firewalls, and firewall capabilities are built into OSes like Linux (www.linux.org) and MS-Windows NT Server (or is it Enterprise Server, I forget) (www.microsoft.com). Since this is for a business, I would hire a part-time consultant to recommend, install, and configure a firewall then either maintain it yourself or hire him to maintain it for you. Some firewalls can be maintained remotely but personally, I wouldn't want to have a firewall running that could be maintained over the net - too big of a security risk. Over a modem to the consultant's house or place of business, yes, but not over the net - too big of a security risk. These days, a good firewall is considered cheap insurance - both to your data and to your corporate liability. If Joe Cracker invaded your net and set it up as a WAREZ site, you would be in for some big-time civil liability from the software publishers. If you have a modern firewall and the hackers hijack you anyways, at least you showed "due diligence." -David ("d") |