Hello there,

I am a newbie to IIS but I need to host a forum on my own server for various
reasons. I am wondering how secure is IIS, it will be on win Server 2003 and
behind a simple Netgear Router firewall, that is it.

Will I need to purchase a proper firewall or some extra software, or do you
think that will be enough?

Many Thanks

James

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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 04:12:01 -0700, "James"
<James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am a newbie to IIS but I need to host a forum on my own server for variou
s
>reasons. I am wondering how secure is IIS, it will be on win Server 2003 an
d
>behind a simple Netgear Router firewall, that is it.

IIS and Server 2003 are as secure as you make them.  Just like a
padlock is secure, if you don't lock it, there is no security.

>Will I need to purchase a proper firewall or some extra software, or do you
>think that will be enough?

Server 2003 has a firewall you can use.  The Netgear also has firewall
functions.  Configured correctly they work fine.  Remember that a
firewall doesn't make your system secure, it simply blocks some
avenues of access.  Security depends on you as well.  See:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/default.mspx

Especially:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/se...odtech/iis.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/se...server2003.mspx

Jeff

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