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RE: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion
From: "Keenan Smith" <kc_smith () clark net>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 11:55:36 -0400
Wouldn't unrestricted outbound access allow a compromised server to be used to launch all sorts of attacks against others? At the very least, that could result in substantial negative PR Keenan -----Original Message----- From: Paul Guibord [mailto:pguibord () tngtech net] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:55 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Hello All, Someone within our company wants our Internet facing web servers to have unrestricted outbound access. Port 80 is the only port permitted from the outside coming in. I need the experts opinion why we do not want to permit this PLEASE. Two things I could think of are if the web servers were compromised, then the hacker would have the ability offload any data they want. Another being if they were infected with a worm they would bring down the Internet T1 in their attempt to find other devices to infect. Thanks in advance for everyone's input. Paul
Current thread:
- Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Paul Guibord (May 03)
- Re: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Jon Hart (May 04)
- RE: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion David Gillett (May 05)
- Re: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion David Glosser (May 05)
- RE: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Hamish Stanaway (May 05)
- RE: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Micro Kluge (May 05)
- Re: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Diego Kellner (May 05)
- Re: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Mark Leonard (May 05)
- RE: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Keenan Smith (May 10)
- Re: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Chris Keladis (May 11)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Andrew Shore (May 05)
- Re: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion Jon Hart (May 04)