I am in the process of looking for a firewall to install on my windows server.
However, which firewall is the best?
Is it better looking for a hardware firewall (Cisco 5510 Firewall) or a software firewall (Quick Heal Firewall Pro)?
I need a windows VPS to run a VPN server on it. I had a service from KickAssVPS, the guys are great, but i had a problem there and that was i couldn't start the RRAS service, and it seems their support didn't have any clue to fix the problem on Virtuozzo, so i'm trying to find another company to start my VPN Server there, without any problem on this matter.
so i'll appreciate your comment if u had the same experience and know how and where i can establish a VPN server.
besides i'm looking into ASPnix services, it seems they're using Hyper-V, and i thought i wouldn't have the RRAS problem on their servers, so if u guys have an opinion on their company i'm glad to here that.
I have just taken delivery of a shiny Windows 2K3 server from a2b2.com and wanted to secure it so that only remote desktop and port number 3306 from certan IP address are allowed to connect to it. I would also like to have NO outgoing connections allowed at all.
My questions are 1) Is this able to be done? and 2) Approximatly how much would it cost.
I am about to sign up for a VPS host which doesn't seem to offer hardware based firewalls which means that I am stuck with software based ones. Perhaps I am being old fashioned, but this do make me a bit nervous, as I have the impression that a hardware based firewall is better (of course assuming correct configuration and such)....should I be worried? Is Windows Firewall to be trusted or should I look for something else? My concern isn't only if the firewall will stop any attacks or not, but also at what cost, considering CPU, memory etc. Any comments and recommendations would be apprechiated. I'm not NASA or anything, so I don' really think that the worlds hacker elite is going to come after me, but from what I see in the logs of my current firewall, there is a lot going on on the internet these days and it isn't all good.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI'd like to know what the current "best practice" thinking is with regard to hardware firewalls. Are they really necessary for a Linux server running a solid iptables-based software firewall? Or do they simply add another potential point of component failure?
What are the pros/cons to deploying a hardware firewall vs. going iptables-only on the server?
Are there any free Fire walls available for CentOS 32 bit ?
I heard APF Firewall . Is that APF Firewall free ?
Is that APF Firewall has enough security ?
Is that slow down my server?
(p4 -D 3GHz / 1GB Ram)
IPTABLES(Linux Firewalls)
Use Of Iptables?
Filtering packets based on a MAC address and the values of the flags in the TCP header. This is helpful in preventing attacks using malformed packets and in restricting access from locally attached servers to other networks in spite of their IP addresses.
Firewall also keeps track of each connection passing through it and in certaincases will view the contents of data flows in an attempt to anticipate the next action of certain protocols. This is an important feature in the support of active FTP and DNS, as well as many other network services.
How IP Tables works?
All packets inspected by iptables pass through a sequence of built-in tables (queues) for processing. Each of these queues is dedicated to a particular type of packet activity and is controlled by an associated packet transformation/filtering chain.
There are three tables in total. The first is the mangle table which is responsible for the alteration of quality of service bits in the TCP header. This is hardly used in a home or SOHO environment.
The second table is the filter queue which is responsible for packet filtering. It has three built-in chains in which you can place your firewall policy rules.
a) INPUT Table b) OUTPUT Table c) FORWARD Table
General Syntax of the iptables is as follows:
IPTABLES -A {INPUT,OUTPUT,FORWARD} -p {tcp,udp} --sport(dport) -s {ip} -j {DROP,REJECT,ACCEPT}
To Block the incomming ip:
IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -p tcp --sport{1..65535} -s {ipaddress} -j DROP {REJECT}
To Block the outcomming ip:
IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp --sport{1..65535} -s {ipaddress} -j DROP {REJECT}
You can also use --dport instead of --sport & you can use -d instead of -s which specifies source or destination respectively.
We are upgrading to a managed server from a VPS. Our main concern is security as we process customers' confidential personal information but don't have large volumes of traffic. Our application developer is recommending the following config:
Firewall --> Web/App Server --> Firewall --> DB Server
The logic being that if the first firewall is breached at least they don't have access to the DB.
Is this really critical or do you think we can start with:
Firewall --> Web/App/DB server?
Obviously budget is a concern and since we will have low traffic for the next few months it seems silly to pay double if it isn't really needed?
Do I have to reinstall or re-config firewalls (BFD, APF, etc), eAccelerator, etc after I re-built Apache?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI was thinking about getting a new server and for the first time today my server crashed and cannot be rebooted so I guess now is a good time to upgrade to a new server. I want to get the Conroe 3040 server but was wondering if I should choose the Redhat Enterprise Linux - x86_64, Version 5 operating system or stick with the 32 bit?
View 9 Replies View RelatedIam still confused which vps to choose?
startlogic or godaddy
startlogic vps plan
godaddy vps plan
or if any one advising me to choose another vps
we are going to setup a new server for one of ours customers:
Dual Processor QUAD Core Clovertown
4GB RAM
3 x 250GB Sata II hard drive in RAID 5
1 x 500GB backup HDD
CentOS + directadmin control panel (with MySQL5, PHP5 and Apache2)
this server will be used for e-learning (forum, chat, etc)
it is possible that we have to increase the RAM for 8GB
the questions are:
- do we need 64bits or it is better to use 32bits OS?
- with how much of RAM memory we do have to use 64bits?
I have taken the decision to move from shared to VPS in order to have two hostings (less risky) and learn more about servers (will certainly have to take a dedi one day).
Now I need to find a plan I can afford and I must say that I have all the variables:
- would like to pay with paypal on a monthly basis to avoid CC fees as I am outside the US,
- my budget is $10/month and would stretch it to $15 if it is for a very very good reason,
- a single dedicated IP would be enough, but would appreciate having more for SEO reasons,
- looking for linux based VPS (don't see why I would take Windows),
- don't have the least experience in managing a server though an experienced Windows
user and willing to learn,
- have used cPanel (not a fan) and 1and1 control panel, and don't think getting used to another CP would be a problem for me,
- the server will mainly host static websites (very light html pages) with medium traffic (a total of 100 K pageviews a month), I also have a wordpress blog with minimal traffic and a punbb forum with little traffic,
- I currently use something like 5 GB of Bandwidth monthy alltogether! so I think that leaves me a lot of room to expand
- storage space isn't a problem as I am currently using less than 400 Mb with a lot of useless files, so something like 1 Gig would be more than enough space,
- if I can (not a choice criterion), I would put two proxies on the server using an additional 120 GB monthly bandwidth,
I'm trying to add a new nameserver in WHM. But it won't let me choose the IP it will use. It just assign some IP.
How should I do to change the IP to the one I want to use?
I am now in process of choosing ssl certificate from certificate authority for one of the sites I administer and I got confused.
I visited numerous sites offering certs and I concluded:
- I don't need EV certificate
- 128 bit certificates can vary in price at different providers from $25 to $100 and higher
- some sites are offering 128 bit at lower price and 256 or 515 bit certs at higher prices
I don't understand why are some certs so expensive? Doesn't 128 bit cert form any provider at any price provide the same level of security?
I thought 128 bit encryption is unbreakable. Why do someone buys 256 or 512 bit cert at higher price?
Some of those more expensive certs are offering "higher level of security", warranties... Is that only marketing or there is some real value behind additional features?
what type of Hosting I should choose.
I am making a website which will have Videos (about 120mb each) streaming to visiters to the site. Which type of host would be beset for this, VPS or Dedicated? Also what is a good host that can provide the service for about 2k visits a day to start with?
I run a small family website and I'm looking for a new web host. I have read some reviews and compared prices. However, many look the same in regards to services they offer. I don't really know on what criteria to base my decision. I don't really need much (e.g. space, bandwidth).
View 14 Replies View Relatedi want to run a vpn server. first i buy winodws vps from vpsland.com. but after that i found in windows vps it is not possible. so now i want to buy a linux vps.
is it in linux possible to setup vpn server ? also i want to host some of my site.
is it any problem with hosting and vpn server ?
i choose ez series from vpsland.com cuz i satisfy from their support and also quality.
it is cost $15 monthly. also have 30domain plesk. and additional dedicate ip cost 1$ monthly. do you offer other vps?
a friend recently contacted me about a music webzine and forum, which is having frequent issues on its current host. The site is built in PHP, using Xoops for the webzine and phpbb2 for the forum.
In the last year, the site's traffic has been steady at 1200 unique visits, ~3500 page views and ~140,000 hits per day, for a total transfer of 20GB per month. The site's MySQL database is more than 600mb of data. Most of the site's traffic is generated through the forum, which usually has around 30 users online. Although a small community, most users are very frequent posters. Being a phpbb2 forum, it is quite CPU intensive and currently the MySQL server has frequent failures.
Our immediate plan is to switch to another provider, then upgrade to phpbb3, tweak its code and probably rewrite the webzine in Python/Django so as to implement new needs in a faster manner and make the site performe steadier and faster.
As the site is not-for-profit and therefore cost-sensitive, we are considering two plans:
1) switch to Webfaction on its first (or second) shared hosting plan, for a cost of $10/month.
2) switch to Linode for an unmanaged VPS with 360MB of memory, for a cost of $20/month.
If the latter option is selected, we plan on using the following setup: nginx for static content (and possibly PHP if phpbb doesn't complain), Apache + mod_python for django, MySQL and mail server with MySQL virtual folders (to handle multiple domains). SpamAssassin is another consideration. The problem is I haven't actually used a VPS in the past, although I've read extensively on how to set it up and tweak the server's settings for optimal performance.
My questions are:
a) would a VPS (with the above setup) with 360MBs of memory be able to handle the traffic load mentioned above or will we be forced to upgrade to a plan with more memory?
b) would a reliable shared web host be able to handle the site's traffic load without problems, thus making the switch to a VPS unnecessary? More specifically, would webfaction, if someone has previous experience, be able to handle it?
Which host should I choose?
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The plan features are enough in all those three, but can't decide what host to choose.
I'm migrating to another hosting service as current provider(aplus.net) suspended my account. The reason what they gave was, I had overused their CPU and Mysql resourses which is quite impossible. My site is just a community forum with photo sharing and maximum concurrent user in past few weeks was just 26. They are forcing me to upgrade to dedicated service which I can't afford($150/month) if I want my site online agiain. So I have no choice but to migrate. My budget limit is $30 and bandwidth/space requirement is 30gb. Any suggeston which hosting should i choose?
View 19 Replies View Relatedlately yahoo make advancements in their hosting plan,and i want to choose best of yahoo or bluehost. could anyone give me an opinion.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI will get a new server with dual E5520 and 4 SAS 15K rpm (raid10) + 12GB RAM. Will they be hot in 1U chasis? I am only using Supermicro
View 9 Replies View RelatedI run a image hosting site. My current server is
Intel Quad Core Xeon at 2.13GHZ
2 GB RAM
2x500GB HDD with RAID 1
3TB BW
$100/m
It's from cmbhosting, but so bad, the owner no longer keep his work and i'm searching another HP. My site have about 1000-1600 connection same time and my current server handle well, no lagging, cpu load average never more than 1.
I don't know if another dual core server ( like Dual Core E1200 ) can handle my server ? Or even a pentium 4 server ?[ Because i don't have much money to spend my server at this time, then i need a lowest price possible.
I own a forums , 2movies.net, and my content is general forums, and I want a hosting company or reseller or VBS to host my web site on it.
My web site uses monthly : 1500 GB bandwidth, and about 140,000 pages dialy, and 3GB web space.
So I did not found any company to host my website.
How to choose a good web hosting?
What aspects need to be paid attention to?
i want to buy a 20$/month hosting for vtiger crm,and so i can run a web office to manage my small company,upload product images and client contact infos.
i want to buy mediatemple .net 's gs plan ,their visit speed is very fast and they offer 100G space,
but they don't accipe paypal only credit card,and if i want to pay with paypal ,i should pay 12 months one time.that's 200 $.too much for me at one time ,high risk for me ,and i seen some negative review on some hosting review site and their support is not so fast,i must wait a long time to get a reply
then i go to [url],they are also very fast site visit speed,but they looks only for magento hosting and the price is high,for 20$ they only 5G webspace and 50G bandwidth that's not enough in long term
i still don't know which one to choose or any other hosting with fast visit speed.
i "played" a little bit with linux years ago, with a debian based version, but i think i already forgot everything
So this theres this dedicated server that only has linux , one thing that i know that i'll be using for torrents, but not only it, so in general which distro will be easier for me to handle?
I still don't know which control panel to choose. AYKsolutions.com offers them a lot on their dedis but which way to go?
They offer: Cpanel/DA/Plesk/Helm.
I've always heard of clients where their old host suffers from frequent downtimes or their site is always slow, etc kind of problems.
One of the main reason is that lots of people are keen to sign up with host who offers massive amount of disk space and bandwidth at very low prices.
This is actually called "Overselling", as the host will try to limit cpu and ram resource usage. This is normally only written in their Terms Of Service (TOS).
As such, I would like to conduct a poll on "Quality VS Quantity - Which do you choose?" to understand the mentality of consumers today.
I have a question for you. I searched on for some good web hosting in UK and i found 2 services:
[url]- Web Hosting Shop, I like what I saw there mostly, and that was the nr1 choice until i find [url] .
If anyone used those domains and have an opinion about it, please tell me.
