Re: Allowing scanning from home

From: Richard Ellis (richardellis108_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/29/04

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    Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:51:24 -0700 (PDT)
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com

    At our site, we installed a DSL link, so that (from
    within) we can test access to our network "from the
    cloud." A limited number of internal ports can connect
    to the DSL modem (one at any time). Our intent was to
    assist with troubleshooting DNS, Web pages, etc.,
    since sometimes public users of our services
    experience problems which we cannot replicate from the
    inside. I imagine this could be used to scan our
    network as well.

    --- mike@genxweb.net wrote:

    > I would not think it is a good idea to run from ah
    > ome machine. there is no
    > telling what might be installed on their machine or
    > how secure their network
    > is. I suggest for outside scans to contact a
    > profesional company or purchase a
    > dedicated or co-located server designed for this
    > purpose.
    >
    >
    >
    > Quoting ericaldrc51@netscape.net:
    >
    > >
    > > What's the group's consensus on allowing security
    > staff to scan the company's
    > > external interfaces from their home, to get a true
    > external assessment. I
    > > personally don't agree with this for audit and
    > other reasons. Just looking
    > > for some other professional viewpoints. Thx.
    > >
    > >
    >
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