XP Firewall Needed

Hi, I have a network of 80 PCs & 5 servers behind a good watchguard x700
firewall and was wondering if I should disable the windows SP2 firewall via
GP?

At the moment I have it running but modified via GP to allow file sharing,
ping etc

But as I have a dedicated firewall, I cant see any reason why I need it? Do
do you think?

Cheers

I have a Watchguard X700 on my network also. I would say it depends on
how good your configuration on your Watchguard firewall is configured.
If you want to be extra safe, I would leave the windows firewall on.
Usually your router will protect you from outside your network but if
you want firewall protection internally, I would leave the windows
firewall on.
Also if you leave the windows firewall on it may block you from doing
some remote administration inside your network or virus definition
updates if you are running an antivirus server in house. So in that
case I would either turn it off or configure rules on every server and
workstation allowing these services.

So, to sum it up - you would be the best person to make this decision.


On Tue, 2 May 2006 07:29:02 -0700, Alan Byrne
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi, I have a network of 80 PCs & 5 servers behind a good watchguard x700
>firewall and was wondering if I should disable the windows SP2 firewall via
>GP?
>
>At the moment I have it running but modified via GP to allow file sharing,
>ping etc
>
>But as I have a dedicated firewall, I cant see any reason why I need it? Do
>do you think?
>
>Cheers
>