#168413 - 2006-09-28 06:57 PM
Re: Delete Registry Keys
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wrender
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On our network we normally keep file and print sharing off, and turn it on with group policy when needed. I think it takes a maximum of 120 min with replication and all that jazz before it takes affect.
I do agree, leaving the firewall on with file and print sharing blocked probably decreases the spread of a lot of viruses.
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#168416 - 2006-09-29 01:27 AM
Re: Delete Registry Keys
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therob
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Registered: 2005-05-19
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so, it's totally useless to use firewall in domain network. imho.
Plus, in any but very small networks its nearly impossible to administrate.
I just had a conversation with a friend of mine who works as an admin in a small to middle sized company (500+ clients). They thought about implementing firewalls for every client. After a week of research they realized that in order to lock down the workstations as much as needed to get a better security, whithout hampering all the special apps running on the pc's, they would have at least 50 or 60 different firewall configurations. They dropped the whole thing.
Imho, if you have a tight security on your servers, good local antivirus, no vital data stored on local workstations and a proper firewall/antivirus for all incoming, local FW's would just increase complexity, not security.
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#168418 - 2006-09-29 02:58 AM
Re: Delete Registry Keys
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Howard Bullock
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A firewall is a small part of protecting a computer in a corporate environemnt. The firewall is most useful on travling computers that get exposed to foreign networks. IPS and AV is where corporate computers are protected.
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#168420 - 2006-09-29 07:25 AM
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Lonkero
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Registered: 2001-06-05
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oh, this became suddenly a ad channel 
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#168421 - 2006-09-29 04:43 PM
Re: Delete Registry Keys
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Gargoyle
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Ok a bit of an ad, maybe I should have used "Hosted Intrusion Prevention System", but then again being a Cisco Geek.. 
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#168422 - 2006-09-29 06:22 PM
Re: Delete Registry Keys
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wrender
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WHat the hell are you guys talkin about? A firewall isn't useless inside a domain. I'm running over 150 windows xp clients, and about 100 windows 2000 clients. All 150 XP workstations are running a firewall, sure it adds a bit of processing overhead, but we haven't had any problems with compatibility between applications and server connections.
Also, you can adjust the windows Xp firewall in a flinch via group policy... I guess if you aren't running an active directory domain, it could be a pain.
If someone is going to attempt at hacking your network, it's most likely going to come from the disgruntled employees on the inside anyways. Not having a firewall on the workstations themselves is only going to make it easier for them.
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#168424 - 2006-09-29 06:50 PM
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therob
Starting to like KiXtart
Registered: 2005-05-19
Posts: 150
Loc: Frankfurt/M., Germany
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Hey, if you guys think wearing gloves when having sex prevents you a little bit more from getting aids, thats fine with me. 
Edited by therob (2006-09-29 06:54 PM)
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#168425 - 2006-09-29 07:19 PM
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Witto
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