Re: Modem Security
From: Roy Kidder (rkidder@corecomm.com)Date: 06/10/02
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:52:10 -0400 To: <ziggy@sanyutel.com>, <compjma@hotmail.com> From: Roy Kidder <rkidder@corecomm.com>
Assuming she only dials out, having a modem on her desktop is not really
that big a security risk. I would simply lock down her desktop (using NT
workstation or 2000) so she cannot install any software or configure the
hardware.
At 07:45 AM 6/10/2002 +0300, ziggy@sanyutel.com wrote:
>linux is a good bet, all you have to do is open the right ports via your
>firewall which should not take you that long. I would suggest you go for
>the linux solutions
>Ziggy
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> > I think I've got my internet connection security coming together,
> > but
> > I'm worried about a potential back door. I have one worker who
> > absolutely has to have a modem to contact the legacy system our
> > billing service uses. What bothers me is that someone might get
> > clever and use a war dialer to find this number and try and hack their
> > way around my secure gateway. I'd like to make this more difficult or
> > at least have some way to contain the damage. Does anyone have any
> > ideas? I thought of possibly putting a linux box configured as a
> > firewall between her and the rest of the network, but I'd have to have
> > alot of ports open to allow all the services she'll need so I don't
> > know if that would even help much.
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