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Re: Firewalls on an IPX/SPX network
From: "R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:21:10 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Luca Berra wrote:
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 02:32:14PM -0700, Brian Bettger wrote:He has, in the past enjoyed a strictly IPX/SPX network knowing that this decreases his risk of exposing his servers. Is there a firewall product out there we can use that allows a VPN connection to utilize IPX/SPX for several and eventually tens of clients to map a drive to the Novell server(s)?Dunno about a specific product, but since ipx is running on top of ppp it should reasonably possible to make it run over pptp as well. I don't know of any firewall that can do packet filtering or content inspection on IPX, but maybe you can get some packet filtering with cisco IOS (i have not used the ipx feature set for eons).
Of course, in considering pptp, one has t make sure all systems are upto date and current on all available M$ patches, there was a issue recently with pptp in I believe all M$ variants. I have not kept current enough on that to note if there has been a fix released from M$. The previous posters suggestions about borderware, and either two NDS trees or getting their backend up to current ipx/spx configurations might be easier to maintain. Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ admin & senior security consultant: sysinfo.com http://sysinfo.com "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart testing, only testing, and damn good at it too! _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
Current thread:
- Firewalls on an IPX/SPX network Brian Bettger (Oct 07)
- Re: Firewalls on an IPX/SPX network Victoria of Borg (Oct 07)
- Re: Firewalls on an IPX/SPX network Luca Berra (Oct 08)
- Re: Firewalls on an IPX/SPX network R. DuFresne (Oct 08)