Archive for December, 2008

Microsoft Windows is a Graphical user interface  based operating system which is Developed by Microsoft. Microsoft has Introduced first operating system in 1985 .Mr Bill gates is the founder of Microsoft. The Windows operating system. it allows people to manage files and run software programs.Microsoft has two parallel types in its operating systems. One types has been for the home user and the other has been for the professional IT user.

The dual routes have generally led to home versions having greater multimedia support and less functionality in networking and security, and professional versions having inferior multimedia support and better networking and security…NET technologies  are available on this platform.If you are using some of the Microsoft’s Sharepoint services a Windows hosting plan is only reliable choice for you.MS SQL can run only on Windows operating system platform..Internet Information system is used to run webservices.

Microsoft Windows is a Very easy to use graphical user interface operating system.If you intend to develop your site using ASP, FrontPage, ASP.NET environment, Windows Streaming Media, Access, MS SQL Server, or any of the other Microsoft’s owned technologies then you should opt for Windows hosting.
Latest Windows Home user operating systems :- Windows millennium,  Windows XP ,Windows Xp sp2 ,   windws VISTA etc..

Latest Windows Dedicated Server Hosting based operating system :- Windows Server 2000, Windows server 2003, Windows server 2008.

A firewall is a secure and trusted machine. it used to blocking unwanted logical ports and manage unwanted traffic.. In simple words firewall is a barrier to keep destructive forces away from your property .

  • The firewall might also filter packets based on source’s IP address.
  • This is useful for securing data.
  • This is useful to prevent denial of service attack.

You are working at the company with the 100 employee and you are having 75 computers connected each other through internet without firewall  so a person who wants any private information of your company  (Hacker) he can easily enter in your network using many different ways and he can also exploit your whole network. There are two different firewalls available for windows dedicated server hosting. Software firewall and Hardware firewall.

Software firewalls are programs installed on your computer that run automatically in the background, which could result in some performance impact Software fiewall is cheaper the hardware firewall.

Hardware firewalls are physical external devices that you plug your server.They avoid any performance impact from running on your server.

Cisco ASA 5510 Hardware Firewall is the  most commonly used hardware firewall on Windows server.

Information of ASA 5510 firewall…

Product Description Cisco ASA 5510
Firewall Edition security appliance
Device Type Security appliance
Enclosure Type Rack-mountable – 1U
Dimensions (WxDxH) 44.5 cm x 33.5 cm x 4.4 cm
Weight 9.1 kg
RAM Installed ( Max ) 256 MB
Flash Memory Installed (Max) 64 MB Flash
Ports Qty 3
Data Link Protocol Interface Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX
Connector Type RJ-45
Network / Transport Protocol IPSec
Features Firewall protection, VPN support, VLAN support
Power DC 48 V.

Hardware Cisco Firewall is a Secure solution for your Windows Dedicated Servers.