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Re: Am I still vulnerable to attack?
From: Nathan Addison User <nha42002 () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:43:28 -1000
You are always vulnerable. The biggest threat are the end users. Being kids, I would expect P2P to be a huge issue. P2P when installed can open up ports and make the entire network vulnerable. On 3/4/08 5:08 AM, "Christian Campbell" <ccampbell () brueggers com> wrote:
I work in a school in nottingham, UK we access the internet via the EMBC who inter-connect all schools and colleges to the internet. The EMBC manage our site blocking and spam filters for E-Mail. The proxy we use to access the net is heavily filtered and all un-used ports are closed, making an attack as far as I can see VERY difficult. My question is just how vulnerable is our school network? is there still potential there for an attack to take place?Even if the EMBC did a first rate job of securing the school networks from the internet, you have to think about attacks coming from other school networks behind the EMBC curtain. Also, you're more apt to get attacks from hosts on your own network. I'd say, yes, there is potential. Christian
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