Re: Port 135 Probes Continue
From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 12/30/03
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Date: 30 Dec 2003 02:33:22 GMT
In article <MPG.1a5a8cc8a0b9bf9698a011@news-server.columbus.rr.com>,
Leythos <void@nowhere.com> wrote:
:If you are using MS Exchange over an open connection you need to fire
:the IT staff or get a new hosting company. You should be using ANY form
:of VPN connection in place of an open Exchange connector.
You assume, Leythos, that the IT staff have the budget and authority
to purchase appropriate VPN equipment and deploy it.
I have the authority to deploy VPN equipment locally, but not the
budget to purchase it. Fortunately, a few years ago I was able to get
some equipment covered under a grant for joint work with an
organization required by law to protect its data; if the grant
committee had thought there was a legal option not to use the
equipment, then they could have done a line-item veto of it.
I have no authority or budget to deploy VPN equipment at HQ,
and no travel authority to go to HQ to deploy even if appropriate
equipment were to "fall off the truck" into my hands.
The Exchange people at HQ have no authority or budget to deploy
networking equipment beyond their office.
The networking people at HQ have no authority or budget to deploy
security-related networking equipment -- in particular they have
no authority to install security-related equipment at the regional
sites.
The security people at HQ have the authority to hold consultations with
the affected parties and recommend a policy change that would give them
authority to deploy security-related equipment at the regional sites.
But they don't have any budget and they don't have the human resources.
They did make the appropriate internal applications for the funds, but
the budget committee turned them down this year; they are hoping they
will be able to roll out VPN services by this time next year, if they
are able to get the funding.
-- Disobey all self-referential sentences!
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