Re: Am I still vulnerable to attack?

[Nathan Addison User <nha42002 () gmail com>]

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