RE: Protecting Multiple Public IP Workstations

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

  The right approach is to block everything, and then unblock the ports
you actually need.  This is both more reliable and more cost-effective
than trying to block only "known bad" ports.
  The problem, of course, is that this breaks FTP unless you either (a)
enable all outbound and use PASV mode, or (b) install a stateful, FTP-aware
firewall instead of relying on the router to filter your traffic.  And
in a world of chatty OSes and services and worms and ad-ware, enabling
all outbound is a poor choice....

Dave Gillett

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Preston, Tony [mailto:Tony.Preston () acs-inc com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 5:32 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: Protecting Multiple Public IP Workstations
>
>
> I have a linksys router and have a question...  It has a minimal port
> filtering capability.  I block a couple of ports (135-139, 445), and
> wondered what would be a suggested list of ports to block 
> traffic based on
> known virus/trojans.
>
> Tony Preston
> Systems Engineer, AS&T Inc.
> Division of L3 Corporation
> (609) 485-0205 x 181
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Kurczaba [mailto:paul () myipis com] 
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 7:52 PM
> To: MATT GIBSON; security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Protecting Multiple Public IP Workstations
>
> First of all, it's never a good idea to assign public IP's to 
> workstations
> on a networked environment (this type of environment is a 
> hackers wish come
> true). If you are not hosting services on all six IP's, you can buy a
> $100-$150 firewall/router at compusa (I would recommend 
> Linksys or Netgear).
> Most have 4 or 8 ports. If the firewall/router you buy only 
> has 4 ports,
> also pick up a 4 port switch (it's about $50-$70). If you 
> need all 6 IP's
> (for hosting HTTP, FTP, SMTP, etc.), you should probably get 
> a CheckPoint
> FW-1 or a Cisco PIX. Also, if you havn't already bought the 
> Win2k server, I
> would suggest Server 2003 instead. It takes less than 10 
> seconds to boot,
> the OS is faster, and more secure than 2000.
>
> just my $0.02
>
> -Paul Kurczaba
>
>
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