I plan to run a web server on a Windows VPS. I want to secure the machine with a firewall, and I thought to open only ports 80 and 3389 (to connect with RDP). Is this a good choice? And what do you suggest as a simple firewall software for this?
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Best Answer
Windows Firewall is fine for this.
If you will be accessing the server via RDP from a static IP, you should limit 3389 to just that IP. If not, you should make sure to use a very complex password. RDP open to the world attracts a lot of brute force attempts.