Hello, can anyone recommend a firewall application which I can run on
Windows Server 2003?
I tried all the free ones, but they only support workstation OS. If
anything, can anyone suggest a reasonably priced AV package which might have

Is there a way to stop the saving of certain file types to a share on a
server?  For example we have a share on a server that users save files for a
specific application.  However we have some users that have decided to save
anything they want to the share such as video files ...

When we create socket for server , first we use SOCKET () then we will Bind
() to the port .
what is the use of this kind of  mechanism .
If u compare this with file opening  . why not fopen() used then it will

Hello again,
can someone tell me which priority blocking filters have in respect to rules
in ipsecpol which open specific ports?
My problem is:

Is there any documentation that describes the exact differences between a
power user and members of the admin account?    I have an application that
will not run unless users are admins.   I really can give them admin access
but I know that the app does not work if they are power ...

just another question: On our W2K server is a mailserver installed, some
nice people from china try to break in to this mailserver since a lot of
weeks. (HLTT communications owns the network the access is coming from, a
well known spam hoster)

I would like to access my W2K webserver via a vpn with pptp connection
(chap2, password with >24 characters).
I now use the built-in ftp server from w2k server.
What is more secure? Leave the ftp ports open to the public or the vpn port?

I want to deploy a Intermediate CA (standalone subordinate to a third party
Trusted Root CA) and an Enterprise Issuing CA (sub to the Inetrmediate CA)
to avail of the auto-enrollment feature.
I plan to distribute the following types of certificates:

Does anyone know if XP clients perform CRL checking over a L2TP/IPSec
connection?
I am setting up a vpn using XP clients, Windows Server 2003 vpn
gateways and certificates.

I'm running Windows Server 2003.
On the IIS server, I have the local path c:\intranetnews shared as a
virtual directory for the active website.
I have anonymous access enabled for the directory, so that users

Is it possible to impersonate the server service (lanmanserver) on a Windows
2000/XP machine? I tried to change to the log on as a different user and I
got the following error message when I restart the service.
Could not start the Server service on Local Computer.

Can I use IPSEC as a Firewall in Windows Server ?
Thank you
Athan

We are running a Windows 2000 domain with over 10,000 user accounts. Have a
GPO linked at the domain level to automatically lock systems after 15 minutes
of idle time.
For the most part, it has gone flawlessly. However, there are a small

I have recently found that there are several suspicious foorprint in one of
my server's security logs. I have found that the particular user account has
caused the event 538, 540 and 576. This is fishy as no one else has this
logs written except the administrator account. I can also ...

My notebook has a smartcard reader.
How can I login in with smart card?