Re: Mobile Users and Firewalls - best practices?

["Byron L. Sonne" <blsonne () rogers com>]

> Does the user activate their software firewall when out of the office and then
> drop it when they are behind the hardware firewall?

Heck, it's a good idea for them to run one *all* the time, provided that 
it doesn't block what they need to function in your corporate 
environment. Perhaps multiple profiles could be configured, onsite and 
offsite.

I imagine you're using VPN clients of some type; some of these will no 
doubt have some kind of firewalling or filtering capability, or some 
kind of policy enforcement. It might not be what you need, and it 
probably is pretty weak. Still, investigate what you have and leverage 
it as much as you can before investing in another solution.

> Are there conflicts beetween the two firewalls?

There shouldn't be; much the same as there shouldn't be conflicts 
between what kind of door you have at home and what kind of door you 
have at the office. Of course, YMMV. Life is full of weirdnesses.

Regards,
Byron