Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 18th Feb 2007 20:29 UTC, submitted by Jennifer Logan
Windows "What is it with the Windows Vista Firewall and its refusal to go away? All our PCs are secured behind two firewalls: a hardware firewall and Microsoft ISA Server. The only traffic that gets in is the traffic that we want to get in. Now we can appreciate having the firewall on by default; but after turning it off over 20 times, it's getting to be too much."
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RE[2]: Not Necessary!?
by Fred on Mon 19th Feb 2007 12:01 UTC in reply to "RE: Not Necessary!?"
Fred
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The problem with running client firewalls in an enterprise environment (most specifically a fully AD integrated Windows environment) requires so many ports open you can just as well turn the whole damn thing off as those are also the ports most trojans and viruses use.

Rigorous policies, a virus scanner on both client and server, no local admins and an very tight border security comes a long way in keeping crap outside.

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