Securing windows 2000?

[Keith Harrison]

Try www.zonelarm.com for a firewall. There's a basic version free for
personal and non-profit use.

Keith

> Anyone know where to find a decent guide to securing
> a Windows 2000 machine?  I've been online with the laptop in Windows
> a lot more lately, both at work and at home with the new cable modem,
> and I want to at least *try* to be somewhat secure... ;)
> Also, suggested
> tools such as firewalls and virus scanners would probably be
> a good idea.
>
> So far I've done:
>     upgraded system via windows update
>     sharing is disabled (may enable it for LAN parties, etc. )
>     went through the settings on IE and made my best guess...
>     went through running services looking for obvious bad
> ones (none found...)
>
>
> As for use of the machine, it's mainly SSH (using putty) and web
> browsing, with the occasional DVD and LOTR trailer watching. ;)
> That is to say, "I will initiate all connections and I don't want
> uninvited guests!"  I'll probably set up samba and do file sharing
> at home once I get NAT and the firewall in place between my laptop
> and the cable modem... =)  Actually, NAT and the firewall should
> help security at home too, which will be good.  Layers are good.
> Ogres are like onions, they have layers.  Ogres have layers.
> Onions have layers.  Hehehe, sorry, a little Shrek snuck in there...
>
>
>
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