Re: Blocking AOL chat without blocking AOL webmail

From: Don Kelloway (dkelloway_at_commodon.com)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:48:33 GMT

"Charles Newman" <charlesnewman1@comcast.net.spammers.will.be.shot.on.sight>
wrote in message news:yOqdnZARJ8hJtDncRVn-rQ@comcast.com...
> X-No-Archive: Yes
>
> I hate to tell you this, but thanks to Windows Remote
> Desktop, ANY filtering system can easily be
> circumvented. I just discovered it and I am playing
> around with in on my home network, by accessing
> my ICS box from one of the network machines.
> Someone who had an always-on connection at
> home (DSL, iDSL, Cable, Satellite, T-1, etc),
> could just set up their computer to be accessed remotely
> and then use Remote Desktop on their work computer
> to jack into their home computer, and then launch
> AIM on their home computer to get to AOL Instant
> Messenger.
>

While true this presents a viable method it would be expected of the person
administering the firewall to not have allowed this to begin with. 

-- 
Best regards, from Don Kelloway of Commodon Communications
Visit http://www.commodon.com to learn about the "Threats to Your Security 
on the Internet".

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