I was looking at the logs for my router and 178.73.17.204 keeps coming up. This is a well known spammer who usually attacks forums and floods it messages for fake products and smut. I use a Cisco router and so far the spammers have not been any real threat. Still I was wondering about opening up other services and the specter of more spammer attacks. Windows MVP 2010-11, XP, Vista, 7. Expanding into Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server, SharePoint, Cloud, Virtualization etc. etc. Hardcore Games, Legendary is the only Way to Play Developer | Windows IT | Chess | Economics | Vegan Advocate | PC Reviews

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:25:03 +0000, Vegan Fanatic [MVP] wrote: I was looking at the logs for my router and 178.73.17.204 keeps coming up. This is a well known spammer who usually attacks forums and floods it messages for fake products and smut. I use a Cisco router and so far the spammers have not been any real threat. Still I was wondering about opening up other services and the specter of more spammer attacks. Is there a specific question here? Paul Adare MVP - Forefront Identity Manager http://www.identit.ca Overflow on /dev/null; please empty the bit bucket.

Can server 08r2 manage to defend itself against these miscreants if I put my server into the DMZ Windows MVP 2010-11, XP, Vista, 7. Expanding into Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server, SharePoint, Cloud, Virtualization etc. etc. Hardcore Games, Legendary is the only Way to Play Developer | Windows IT | Chess | Economics | Vegan Advocate | PC Reviews

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:37:41 +0000, Vegan Fanatic [MVP] wrote: Can server 08r2 manage to defend itself against these miscreants if I put my server into the DMZ This is still a hugely wide open question. As far as spammers go, that really depends on what you're using for an email server and what anti-spam protection said product provides. Paul Adare MVP - Forefront Identity Manager http://www.identit.ca If it was easy, the hardware people would take care of it.

I was considering upping hyper-v and using exchange on one vm and sharepoint on another maybe another vm for another service set if needed Windows MVP 2010-11, XP, Vista, 7. Expanding into Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server, SharePoint, Cloud, Virtualization etc. etc. Hardcore Games, Legendary is the only Way to Play Developer | Windows IT | Chess | Economics | Vegan Advocate | PC Reviews

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:37:41 +0000, Vegan Fanatic [MVP] wrote: Can server 08r2 manage to defend itself against these miscreants if I put my server into the DMZ This is still a hugely wide open question. As far as spammers go, that really depends on what you're using for an email server and what anti-spam protection said product provides. Paul Adare MVP - Forefront Identity Manager http://www.identit.ca If it was easy, the hardware people would take care of it.

Hi Vegan, Thanks for posting here. Your questions is still not clear at all. Yes , server vitalization and separating services are good methods to security our Windows based service however security is a big topic and not only just the parts we mentioned . We may refer to the links below and start to plane and build our security enforcement in order to consolidate our widows server to against the threatens form outside if we are going to set it directly face to internet : Windows Server Security http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/ff843381 Security TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bb291012 Regards, Tiger Li TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Vegan, Please feel free to let us know if the information was helpful to you. Regards, Tiger Li TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com. Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.