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Re: IPMasqing NFS



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On 10 May 2001, Chris Majewski wrote:
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> I'm at  work, I  would like to  mount home_machine:/var/mp3, so  I can
> listen to my mp3's. Not a lofty goal, but would be nice pull off at
> least as proof  of principle. If I can do  it without compromising the
> security of  my home  machine, great;  if not, that's  fine too.  If I
> can't  do it  without compromising  the security  of my  work network,
> that's a showstopper.

are you taking an unnecessary risk?  sure.  are you compromising security?
dunno.  i have a cron job that starts and stops nfs on one of my systems
at specified times.  do people try to get in when its running?  hell yes.
but tcp wrappers has stopped them every time (fortunately).

it's all a question of the risk you're willing to take.  kind of like
running through swamplands.  do you think you can make it to the other
side before the alligators come . . .

because mine starts and stops at specified times (it's only open for a
total of 3 hours a day), it's a very small window of opportunity.  and, by
using portsentry, hostsentry and logcheck, i can at least see what's going
on when the window is open.
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