Re: Linux firewall vs Windows and Hardware based firewalls
On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 01:50, Alvin Oga wrote:
> hi ya
>
> On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, David Fokkema wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 09:16:54PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
[snip]
> f) if you allow vpn from home and wireless access to internal servers
> than you've got some serious "network security policy and enforcement"
> problems
Not as much as you might think.
On my work-from-home computer (WFH), which, unfortunately, is Win2k,
there are 2 NICs, 1 for the outside world (that is connected to the
cable modem via a switch), and 1 for the internal LAN.
When I fire up the VPN s/w (which I configured to use the "outside
NIC"), it disables the "inside NIC", thus closing off a bad security
loophole.
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