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Re: Level3 routing issues?
From: alex () yuriev com
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:50:22 -0500 (EST)
Note that in the case of a worm, a VPN could work against you. If you have all the right filters in place at your "perimeter" and yet let your employees in through a VPN solution of some sort, you could still be screwed if one of their home systems gets infected somehow.So what you're saying is that a really good worm could infiltrate any secure network by targetting those who vpn from exterior sources, collect data, and then run? Hmmm. Wait a sec. Would that constitute a worm if it had purpose?
This is not correct. VPN simply extends security policy to a different location. A VPN user must make sure that local security policy prevents other traffic from entering VPN connection. Alex
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