On Friday 01 August 2003 08:51, Johannes Stockburger wrote:
Also the support people of the ISP advised me, that a firewall for a server is not indicated.
Did they mean that in the Medical sense of Indicated (loosely: required, recommended, prescribed), or did they mean that in the sense of "we looked to see if you have one and could not find one" ? If the former, I have to ask what is your defintion of a Server? Are we talking about a file server for your network (in which case you bet your life you need a firewall), or are you talking about a web server (in which case mou may be able to do without one if you secure the system very well and shut down all uncessary services and close all un-needed ports)... -- _____________________________________ John Andersen