I have two Linux servers running the latest AS Redhat.
My VPN server is a basic Windows 2003 machine, supporting pptp, (I
don't have certificate installed yet for l2tp)
Client machine is Windows XP.

Hi - we have a office with about 10 computers and need to run our ftp and
web servers internally (these are current separate pc's). We have both cable
and dsl lines (not currently used) into the office. We transfer some big
files around on the ftp and am wondering about the best ...

We wish to upgrade our Linux firewall to a Microsoft ISA 2000 Server which
will redirect incoming http traffic to an internal server to access our
website.
We have the following connection with a static IP assigned by our ISP -

I'm having a problem where both XP SP2 and Server 2003 SP1 machines
spontaneously change firewall profiles every couple weeks.  The event
log entry is this:
Event Type:    Success Audit

In a simple home/small office netowork using XP how do I require someone to
enter the username and password of the computer they want to connect to when
they navigate to that computer using My Network Places | Entire Network | MS
Windows Network | etc.?   TIA.

General question about 2003 windows sp1 firewall...
I have following configuration:
Active Directory (AD1 - 2003) and Internet Server (IS1 - 2003) in domain
I am trying to configure Firewall on IS1. As I understand I can do it in

I am having a problem with NetBIOS over TCP.  My Laptop does not appear to
respond any longer to NBSTAT name queries that are made via port 137.
I was using my laptop on a college campus over the weekend, and had my
Windows Firewall turned on.  When I returned to my home, and tried ...

The used computer shows two user names under "Documents and Settings".
Under Control Panel | User Accounts I changed the name of the administrator
& deleted an old user.  How do I change the folder name under "Documents and
Settings" without messing anything up?  I would like to ...

Quick question:  When allowing file and print sharing exception via a GPO,
shouldn't the check box be marked in the firewall?  It shows Yes under the
Group Policy tab, and is greyed out preventing modification, but the check
box is not checked.  We're having a helluva time with ...

I'm using w2kpro with sp4 through cable connection.  A couple weeks
after installing w2kpro I started getting the lsass shutdown problem,
and installed Zone alarm to stop that.  Yesterday I got fed up with the
massive slowdowns, cpu use near 100% much of the time, and replaced it

This is probably being posted in the wrong forum, but i thought that i would
give it a go.  
I have a laptop that what part of a workgroup, on another organisations LAN.
I have set this up with a number of laptops with no problems at all.  One of

I have some PORTS modified via GPO however, after the initial changes to the
GPO port listing, more recent changes do not seem to be applying...
I see the port exceptions listed in
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\GloballyOpenPorts\List

I am trying to connect five PC's in a home workgroup.  Each is running
Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home Edition.  I have successfully
connected four of them, but the fifth one (running Windows XP Home Edition)
is having trouble connecting.  When I use this fifth ...

  One of my computers have a wireless internet connection with the cable
modem attached to another computer. After I downloaded Service Pack 2, the
firewall will not allow any incoming packages to be received. I have tried to
"unblock" the incoming packages but I am not sure ...

I have two machines: XP Home SP2 Desktop, and XP Pro SP2 Notebook. Network is
wireless (just bought a wireless router and card for my new notebook.)  I
ran the networking wizard on my desktop and set up the network. Then I
created a share on \\Desktop\WorkDocuments. I was able to ...