really isolated

Hi
i read microsoft.com
that "web servers do not require netbios or smb" (sic)
then MS recomends to disable smb by this way:
1) "Clear the Client Microsoft Networks box"
2) "Clear the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks box"
by this way, web server stays really isolated from the intranet
is this a good practice?
because, by this way
i cant move development files to webserver
and cant do replication
thanks
(this is the link
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...
d89.asp)
atte,
Hernn Castelo
UTN Buenos Aires
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.The article dicusses;
"Disable all unnecessary protocols, including NetBIOS and SMB. Web servers
do not require NetBIOS or SMB on their Internet-facing network interface
cards (NICs). Disable these protocols to counter the threat of host
enumeration."
So, this is assuming that the web server has multiple nics installed, and
that one is internet facing. I think what's more important is to limit
the number of ports open on the box to 80 and/or 443.
Thanks,
Kevin McDonnell
Microsoft Corporation
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ok thanks for the reply
atte,
Hernn Castelo
UTN Buenos Aires
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"Kevin McDonnell [MSFT]" <kevmc@.online.microsoft.com> escribi en el mensaje news:rHLgU
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> The article dicusses;
> "Disable all unnecessary protocols, including NetBIOS and SMB. Web servers
> do not require NetBIOS or SMB on their Internet-facing network interface
> cards (NICs). Disable these protocols to counter the threat of host
> enumeration."
> So, this is assuming that the web server has multiple nics installed, and
> that one is internet facing. I think what's more important is to limit
> the number of ports open on the box to 80 and/or 443.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin McDonnell
> Microsoft Corporation
> This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>

Ready for Production?

I must release a new Db on 4/1 into an isolated small network (pier workgroup) and my choices are MSDE or Express. I'm new to both (MSDE yesterday, Express today). I am familiar with SQL Server and prefer using the tools with Express, but is it stable enough to use in this type of production environment?

I hope so. I also am going live with SQL Express 05 around April or May and it will be ran on 1-15 computer systems at a time.

Also, just to make it fun... we are still running a VB6 front end so we are using ADO 2.8.

I think it is ready. One way to find out. I'll post here if i come across something crazy.

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Yep, I think it's stable enough, we went live a month ago with a shrink-wrapped product using SQL Express as the backend.

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Thanks for the comments Matt & Scott.

SQL Express released in November 2005 and I have not heard anything to suggest that it isn't stable enought to use as you've all suggested. There is a new member of the "family" called SQL Express with Advanced Services that has just been released to CTP. That is pre-release software so it should not be used in production environments at this time.

Regards,

Mike Wachal - SQL Express team