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[neye_eve]

sgolds, why integrated firewall?

for $500 - $600 you could get a netscreen 5. Not as cheap as the free integrated one in Server 2k3, but I don't trust firewalls which are part of the same box you're trying to protect, ya know?

Personally, if I really wanted to save some money, I'd at least get a cheapo linksys/dlink ($80 or less) to put in front of the 2k3 server, let it filter out all the junk, and just forward the few ports you really need open (80, 443, 25, 21 probably, unless you're doing some non-standard stuff) to the box. Then use the 2k3 server to deal-with/log all that traffic in whatever way you like.

but... that's just me Not saying that other people here on this board can't answer the question well, but you could probably get a more full answer by asking on the http://www.arstechnica.com open forums in the Win2k/NT forums, where there are a bunch of people that deal with this type of issue all day.

Let us know what you end up doing!
neye