I am a web designer and have a client who needs for a number of reason to
host his own site.
The client has  a small P2P network however the website will potentially
receive a fair bit of traffic. I can organise for a third party to direct
the domain name to their IP address.
Should I simply setup a Win2k3 IIS box for this? Does IIS Win2k3 have
adequate security? Does it come with a firewall built-in like XP?

Or Should I go for SBS that has ISA Server?

many thanx

nathan

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On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:29:35 +1000, "Nathan Henderson"
<nathanh@mtannancc.nsw.edu.au> wrote:

>I am a web designer and have a client who needs for a number of reason to
>host his own site.
>The client has  a small P2P network however the website will potentially
>receive a fair bit of traffic. I can organise for a third party to direct
>the domain name to their IP address.
>Should I simply setup a Win2k3 IIS box for this? Does IIS Win2k3 have
>adequate security? Does it come with a firewall built-in like XP?
>
>Or Should I go for SBS that has ISA Server?

Yes, yes, yes and yes.  

First the obligatory "Do not ever host your own site" statement.  Your
client, and you, don't have the knowledge or expertise to handle this
(or you wouldn't be asking) so the smart and economical thing to do is
use a web host.

That said, the client has no current server, so if you wish to combine
moving the client to a server-based network as well as providing an
externally available web site with the best security available given
the choices you present, SBS is the way to go.  Better would be a
dedicated web server in a DMZ off a decent hardware firewall, then a
second server for the internal network, possibly still the SBS if you
need the features it provides.

Jeff

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