RE: [FW1] WINDOWS 2000

[Dan Guinn <dguinn@FW1-NOSPAMnsci.net>]

By that same note, a W2K Professional or NT4 Workstation can only support 10
concurrent web users.  Any more DOES, in fact, break the MS license
agreement, and I'm pretty sure that IIS/PWS on Pro/NT4WS tells you so when
you install it.  The IIS license is licensed differently...Read it closely.
If you REALLY want to challenge it, then call MS and tell them that you are
running more than 10 users through a Pro/Workstation box.

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl E. Mankinen [mailto:bandit@zcore.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 2:23 PM
To: Reed Mohn, Anders; 'Eliyah Lovkoff';
fw-1-mailinglist@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com; j.derry@speedwell.com.au
Subject: Re: [FW1] WINDOWS 2000



A server is licensed by seats/users and that is for users that access FILE
SHARES via NETBIOS on that server
or that AUTHENTICATE against the domain/local SAM on that server.  

A firewall enforcement server should do neither of these, so its not a
"server" in Microsoft sense.
Do you license your IIS server for 50 bazillion users because they all have
connected and retrieved a page?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reed Mohn, Anders" <Anders.Reed.Mohn@itcompagniet.no>
To: "'Eliyah Lovkoff'" <elovkoff@blgcanada.com>;
<fw-1-mailinglist@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com>; <j.derry@speedwell.com.au>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 6:06 AM
Subject: RE: [FW1] WINDOWS 2000


> 
> And using workstations as servers is also 
> a breach of the Microsoft license agreement,
> at least for NT. I assume they haven't changed
> that in W2K.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Anders :)
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eliyah Lovkoff [mailto:elovkoff@blgcanada.com]
> > Sent: 17. juni 2001 18:05
> > To: fw-1-mailinglist@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com;
> > j.derry@speedwell.com.au
> > Subject: Re: [FW1] WINDOWS 2000
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > If memory serves me Checkpoint doesn't recommend using 
> > workstations instead of servers (although on my previous job 
> > I used NT4 workstation for firewall and I had no specific 
> > issues (but that was a pretty simple configuration for 
> > relatively small network - who know what could happen if I 
> > would use LDAP servers,encryption,web filtering etc)
> > Again if memory serves me Checkpoint will officially NOT 
> > support workstations for firewall configuration in next major release)
> > But you can give it a try.
> > 
> > >>> "Justin Derry" <j.derry@speedwell.com.au> 06/16/01 01:19AM >>>
> > 
> > Anyone tried using windows 2000 professional for the os for 
> > firewall - 1
> > instead of windows 2000 server or windows NT
> > ??
> > Cheers
> > Justin
> > 
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