Re: Remotely Installing a Firewall via TSC - Help!

Of course it is possible .... any firewall which has possibility to split 
firewall functionality from management has default sec.policy setted up to 
allow incomming firewall managment protocol. One of those firewalls is 
checkpoint ... 

K.

spod@hotmail.com wrote on 12.07.2005 22:46:00:

> Hello list
>
> I would appreciate veteran experience and opinions on a problem I 
> currently face.
>
> I am required to set up a server for a community I am involved in. 
> The server is a commercially hosted box and will run Windows 2000 
> Server. I have no physical access, and will do all work via a 
> Terminal Services Client connection.
>
> I want to install a firewall asap but realise that doing this via a 
> Terminal Server connection is not simple. For one thing, Im pretty 
> sure I will get disconnected and blocked by default as soon as I 
> activate the firewall.
>
> The host will not install this for me.
>
> What options do I have for doing this? Is there any clever method to
> allow me to do this? Are there any particular software firewalls 
> that can be configured via some easily editable files so I can 
> enable TS traffic to pass through before activating the firewall?
>
> I would love to hear your thoughts and comments, and any particular 
> opinions on software you believe most suitable.
>
> Many many thanks.
>
> ps - have googled for this extensively and could not find any 
> helpful resources.