Re: need "host-based" firewall

Hi all,

   Having just rebuilt my two Global Catalog Servers (Win2000 server) due
to attacks by hackers taking them over as FTP servers, I will be purchasing
a Hardware Firewall and working with CNS to install it in our Network
closet. I have had it with intruders and am taking steps to lock down our
school. As for platforms, anybody running anything less than Win2000 pro on
a windows platform and OS X on a Mac platform here at the school should
make plans to upgrade soon. I would, however, think twice about jumping
platforms. Even though the evil hackers are starting to attack the mac OS,
it still is the most protected OS we have right now.
     If anyone has suggestions for a hardware firewall that will comply
with the University standards, drop me a line.

Cheers,

Roy

At 01:55 PM 6/9/2004, Aron Roberts wrote:
>Hi Stephanie,
>
>At 13:17 -0700 2004-06-09, Stephanie J. Tibbetts wrote:
>>We in the Haas School have been advised that our computer center has
>>established their standard for the new requirement for a host-based
>>firewall per the Minimum Security Standards. However, I have been told
>>they are not going to support Macs, either personal for home hook-up to
>>the university or in our office.
>>I have a G3 Mac in my office and a G4 at home. Both are running OS 9.x.
>>What are Mac-friendly offices using to meet this standard? Is there a
>>university license that I can sign onto? If not, how does this august
>>group suggest I proceed? (Local advice is "buy a Dell.")
>
> I can understand the desire to have you use a locally-supported
> platform, but the concept of meeting campus minimum security standards by
> migrating to a PC running Windows XP from a Macintosh running Mac OS 9 -
> one of the most secure platforms on the Internet - is not evidence of
> cogent thought.
>
> The campus has a license for host-based firewall software for both Mac
> OS 9 and Mac OS X, and the product should be available for downloading
> within a matter of weeks. As mentioned in the Berkeley Computing and
> Communications article, "Free protection from Internet threats: the C@B
> Secure CD", <http://istpub.berkeley.edu:4201/bcc/Spring2004/cabsecure.html>:
>
>>... to help your computer meet some of the key requirements of these
>>campus [minimum] security standards ... campus users can obtain Norton
>>AntiVirus for Macintosh, the campus's licensed antivirus software for the
>>Mac OS, from the Connecting_at_Berkeley 2004 CD (http://cab.berkeley.edu/)
>>or by downloading it from the WSSG Software website
>>(http://software.berkeley.edu/). Norton Personal Firewall for Macintosh,
>>recently licensed by the campus, is expected to be available for
>>downloading from that website later in the spring 2004 semester.
>
> Norton Personal Firewall will be available on the Connecting@Berkeley
> 2005 CD, which we're preparing for manufacturing this month. It should
> be available for downloading from the WSS Software site
> <http://software.berkeley.edu> by early July 2004. This is a bit later
> than stated above, but nonetheless at least nine months before the
> implementation deadline for the campus minimum security standards.
>
>Aron Roberts
>Workstation Software Support Group
>
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