HELP!!!! network and security

• aljudvin

  20 Jan 08, 19:15

  Does installing microsoft windows 2000 on a 2 NIC host turn it into a router?
  
  Does installing microsoft windows 2000 on a 2 NIC host turn it into a firewall?
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  20 Jan 08, 22:03

  Huh?
  
  Can you explain further?
• Xcert

  20 Jan 08, 22:47

  Originally posted by aljudvin:

  Does installing microsoft windows 2000 on a 2 NIC host turn it into a router?
  
  Does installing microsoft windows 2000 on a 2 NIC host turn it into a firewall?
  
  

  no.
  
  no.
• Shotgun

  20 Jan 08, 22:52

  Originally posted by Xcert:

  no.
  
  no.

  Actually, it can. But you need to install something else to configure it do so. And you'll need a software firewall as well.
• The-Doc

  21 Jan 08, 00:01

  Originally posted by aljudvin:

  Does installing microsoft windows 2000 on a 2 NIC host turn it into a router?
  
  Does installing microsoft windows 2000 on a 2 NIC host turn it into a firewall?
  
  

  No it doesn't but there are applications such as iptables to do both the job as a router/firewall.
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 08, 00:02

  Originally posted by The-Doc:

  No it doesn't but there are applications such as iptables to do both the job as a router/firewall.
  
  

  But Windows got IP Tables meh?
  
  Sorry for the dumb question.
• The-Doc

  21 Jan 08, 15:24

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  But Windows got IP Tables meh?
  
  Sorry for the dumb question.

  Windows is trashy for a server OS, if you were to run a router/firewall, why on earth would your choice of OS be windows? No, IPtables doesn't run on Windows.
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 08, 18:00

  Originally posted by The-Doc:

  Windows is trashy for a server OS, if you were to run a router/firewall, why on earth would your choice of OS be windows? No, IPtables doesn't run on Windows.
  
  

  With the amount of redundant services, I would agree.