I’ve been handling IT at a small business for about 6 months. 25 XP workstations, Exchange 2003, business application on Server 2003 that is run via Terminal Server, 2 domain controllers.
When I arrived they didn’t even have a firewall. Every node was using a public IP address. All desktops and laptops are running Norton Internet Security 2006 and many of the licenses are expiring in a few weeks.
The Active Directory was so messed up that it was essentially non-functioning. After installing a firewall and moving to private IP addresses I had to resolve dozens of problems related to Active Directory and resource access security. Norton has been a real pain and it is my opinion that it isn’t suited for an Active Directory environment that is already protected by firewall devices.
Since I am now faced with renewing these licenses I would like some opinions on protection for LAN workstations that are behind a company firewall. Does anyone feel that good virus protection in combination with Windows firewall is sufficient?
I would love to hear some expert opinions.
