Re: Am I still vulnerable to attack?

[p1g <killfactory () gmail com>]

Attack from the outside or the inside?

Do you have any public facing application? Ask yourself this, what
used-ports am I allowing and why?

Public webserver? Running secure code? Public FTP?

On 3 Mar 2008 10:39:16 -0000, cdunn () foxwood notts sch uk
<cdunn () foxwood notts sch uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> 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? 
> or would this be so difficult and the rewards to few for an attacker to bother?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Craig Dunn


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