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Need help, to prevent hack attempts

I have a Windows 2000 server on my network, running SQL Server... I've been away from the main office where the server sits and I found there a full system log. Turns out it filled up since Sunday with Log on failure on Account "Administrator". Look like a brute force attempt. Any suggestions to prevent this? I DO have a public static IP for business purposes and have RDP terminal services, SQL server, and VPN ports open. What can I do??

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Is that server behind any sort of hardware firewall? If not, it should be.

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I have the server behind a router firewall... it port forwards to the server on certain ports.

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And you've applied the most current patches to the OS, SQL, and all other relevant software?

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Yes, patches have been applied... FYI, i'm running MS Windows Server 2000.

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