[ironman666]

hey everyone. i have setup a windows 2000 server machine to be my internet router. i had linux running and i had setup a firewall in ipchains. now that i'm windows i want to be able to properly protect my system. i'd like to do it w/o 3rd party programs BUT if anyone has any suggestions on a good 3rd party program then please let me know. the only one that i can think of off the top of my head is zone alarm firewall. thanks for any advise.

[Brian Frank]

ZA is pretty good, though a few things may slip by it. Black Ice Defender is supposed to be the best you can get. I'm using Norton's Internet security which features a firewall the the Norton Antivirus in one package.
It's been suggested that you set up a proxy, and is the next best thing to being completely unplugged from the net. I haven't used a proxy, but it is another thing to consider. I haven't done any reseach other than what people have posted or told me, so you'll have to do some research for proxies.

[ironman666]

just in case you are wondering, my server is setup as dhcp server and dns server. i'm sharing my connection via ICS in Networks and Dial-Up Connections, not Routing and Remote Access.