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Took a good look. Looks like an excellent starting place.

One thing though: the web page says that the W2K resource kit must be
purchased. However I found through this site:

<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.petri.co.il/download_free_reskit_tools.htm";>http://www.petri.co.il/download_free_reskit_tools.htm</a>

... that microsoft allows for a free download here:

<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/ipsecpol-o.asp";>http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/ipsecpol-o.asp</a>

The download free reskit tools site has a lot of different stuff on it.

I'll check it out. Anything to provide a simple first line of defense against
attacking worms will be appreciated.

BAJ
&gt; 
&gt; Thanks!
&gt; 
&gt; Jonathan glass
&gt; 
&gt; On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 09:13, Byron A Jeff wrote:
&gt; &gt; Tap, Tap. Is this thing on?
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; The company Windows 2000 laptop got infected with Sasser yesterday. I only
&gt; &gt; use it for presenting PP slides, and often it isn't up long enough for
&gt; &gt; Windows update to load to reboot. I guess I'll have to have a policy where I
&gt; &gt; boot the machine specifically for the update.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; So it got me to thinking about more proactive anti-infection measures of the
&gt; &gt; worm variety. I don't read E-mail or browse with the machine, so network worm
&gt; &gt; infection is the primary vehicle of infection. I don't offer any services,
&gt; &gt; so I really don't need any open ports. So a simple firewall that blocks
&gt; &gt; all incoming ports would thwart most damaging code.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; On of my newer missions to look for Open Source alternatives to existing
&gt; &gt; Windows software. Software like OpenOffice.org, Mozilla/Firebird/Thunderbird,
&gt; &gt; Apache, Python, PHP, and the like can help ease the transistion/dependence on
&gt; &gt; Windows.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; But one needs a personal firewall when plugging into unprotected networks. And
&gt; &gt; in keeping with the OS theme, it should be OS.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; So any ideas? I saw a student project of a packet filtering firewall here:
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.codeproject.com/internet/smfirewall.asp";>http://www.codeproject.com/internet/smfirewall.asp</a>
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; But I was wondering if anyone knew of something better.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; BAJ
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