In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve says...
> I have set up a web server that is running IIS in Windows XP. The following
> precautions have already been taken, but does anyone have any further ideas
> that could maybe further secure the system...
>
> Done already:
>
> Installed Service Pack 2 and updated all Windows Updates to date.
> Norton AntiVirus running with autoupdate and always on monitoring
> Spyware software installed to check alterations to registry and block them
> etc.
> Windows SP2 Firewall is running, only port open is HTTP port 80
> Harware Firewall is installed, all ports closed except HTTP port 80
>
> Is there anything else I could do with this system to further protect it?
> (apart from switching it off!! : - ))
>
I think you've taken all reasonable precautions depending on what the
Admin passwords are. Theres no point going to all of that if you have a
password like "admin".
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Conor
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