Re: pcAnywhere...Outbound Only.

[ATD <simon () snosoft com>]

The communication is one way but the traffic is two way, so yes it could
be an issue if some crafty black hat hacker decided to make it so.  ;o) 
Just my two cents. 


On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 21:44, tony toni wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a rule on our firewall that allows all employees to use pcAnywhere 
> to connect to a host OUTSIDE  of our network.  It is in one direction...that 
> is from inside our network to an outside host and not vise versa.  Our 
> firewall administrator, came to me and asks me if I had any security issues 
> with this.  He does not want the hassle of maintaining a list of employees 
> that can do this.
>
> I do not see any glaring problems doing this....what do you think?
>
>
> Tony Graves
> Security Services
> Walton International Transportation Corp.
> Seattle, Wa.
>
>
>
>
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ATD <simon () snosoft com>
Secure Network Operations, Inc.

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