Re: Am I still vulnerable to attack?

["mgk.mailing" <mgk.mailing () googlemail com>]

Hi Craig

You didn't mention anything about a firewall.  Do you have one?  is it 
administered by yourself or someone offsite?  I'm assuming the proxy is 
being used outbound for webfiltering and such? but you  don't mention 
anything about inbound traffic.  The short answer is that yes you will 
always be vulnerable but you can reduce the risks :) (the biggest being 
from kids in your school). 

/mgk (an ex school pupil who liked using the admin's account before 
taking up a job at an educational facility (for my sins))

ps have you considered downloading a copy of backtrack or similar and 
running some tests against your network?

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?
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> Thanks
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>
> Craig Dunn 
>