Re: Deny access to certain IP address

From: Karl Levinson, mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 09/03/05


Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:33:11 -0400

As an aside, I find it takes longer to figure out the best solution when a
post is posted as "how do I do X" instead of "here is my problem, what do I
do?" Sometimes, the thing being asked is not the best solution, or further
details are needed.

"Dave Morschhauser" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eKS7o49rFHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Craig --
>
> It sounds like what you are really worried about is viruses and spyware
from
> an organization you have no control over, but who currently has unlimited
> access to your network. I think what you really want is a firewall
between
> the "guest" company and your own servers and computers. You're right this
> isn't a permissions problem.
>
> An easy way to do this would be to set-up a second broadband router on
your
> first network by connecting its WAN port into one of the LAN ports on the
> original router. Leave the guests on the original network, and hide all
> your servers and PCs behind the second router. The guests continue to use
> the original default gateway, and the new broadband router gets an address
> on its WAN port from the DHCP server in the original router. Your servers
> and PC now get their addresses from the DHCP server in the new router.
You
> need to make sure that the DHCP servers in each of the routers are serving
> addresses using a different subnet so that the new router doesn't get
> confused about what machines are supposed to be where.
>
> You didn't give us much information on how your network is configured, so
I
> am making some assumptions based on 90% of the set-ups that are out there.
> Unfortunately, this would not be a reasonable solution if you need to
expose
> ports on your servers in order to serve the public internet, for example
> your company website or e-mail server.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Dave Morschhauser
>
>
> It sounds like
> "Craig B" <CraigB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:630F3EDA-8E0E-498F-831B-1343C5C0160A@microsoft.com...
> > The reason since you want to know is that we have non domain users
working
> in
> > our offices that work for another company we have no control over that's
> the
> > real world reason. Sure i would like to either make them a domain user
> and
> > control their pc's or just say no they can't get on our network but I
> don't
> > have that power. They use us just as a dhcp provider then use our
internet
> > and in the process spew their spyware all over our network.
> >
> > "Karl Levinson, mvp" wrote:
> >
> > > You lose accountability if users use shared accounts. That's not a
> > > Microsoft thing. I guess there could be some "real world" reasons why
> you
> > > would need to use shared accounts, like poorly written apps, but it's
to
> be
> > > avoided.
> > >
> > > You can use IPSec rules to block access per IP address. Note that
with
> > > Microsoft IPsec it is not really feasible to log and view the traffic.
> I
> > > agree with the other posters that this is not likely to be as secure
or
> > > reliable as blocking per user ID, because all that user needs to do is
> log
> > > into a different account, or set a static IP address instead of
getting
> one
> > > from DHCP. Whatever caused your environment to deviate from best
> security
> > > practices, I hope it's possible to reconsider this.
> > >
> > > http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#ipsec
> > >
> > >
> > > "Craig B" <CraigB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:FAFF801A-ED8C-43B8-8ACE-5F514AA280C0@microsoft.com...
> > > > It's a long story but basically I work in the real world where
> everything
> > > > isn't always the perfect MS way. Permissions will not work.
> > > >
> > > > I will look for other methods
> > > >
> > > > "Phillip Windell" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > That is the wrong approach. You should be controlling access based
> on
> > > who
> > > > > the user is,...not what thier IP# happens to be. what do you mean
> by
> > > > > "Permissions won't work at this point"? There is no reason
> permissions
> > > > > shouldn't work.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> > > > > www.wandtv.com
> > > > > -----------------------------------------------------
> > > > > Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processing
> > > > > http://www.isaserver.org/articles/ISA2004_AccessRules.html
> > > > >
> > > > > Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Guidance
> > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/techinfo/Guidance/2004.asp
> > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/techinfo/Guidance/2000.asp
> > > > >
> > > > > Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partners
> > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/partners/default.asp
> > > > > -----------------------------------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Craig B" <CraigB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:E968040C-4DA1-4560-B52A-851AACCAD3B7@microsoft.com...
> > > > > > How would you go about denying access to various 2000/2003
servers
> to
> > > one
> > > > > > specfic IP address?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I know how to block at my firewall but a internal user is inside
> and I
> > > > > need
> > > > > > to block his access to various servers. Permissions won't work
at
> > > this
> > > > > point
> > > > > > I used DHCP to lock his pc to a certain IP address and now I
want
> to
> > > block
> > > > > > this ip address access to various servers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>



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