Re: Faculty Laptops

[James Wilcox <jim () WILCOXS NET>]

First of all, I don't sell firewalls, so my comments reflect no conflict
of interest.

ZoneAlarm does sell a management system that disallows anyone but the
authorized administrator to change a policy (key word here is *sell*).

I know more about CheckPoint's SecureClient which has been around for
years. SC not only puts management exclusively in the hands of the
authorized admin, it also can be set to kill the connection if the user
kills the VPN (which is part of the product). Quite elegant and powerful
(no, don't even own stock).

If you are looking at Linux systems, I have a product. But I won't talk
about that because I *would* have a conflict of interest.

Regards,

James R. Wilcox, CISSP
Director of Business Development
Cylant
PO Box 19777
Portland, OR 97280-9777
503 799-8438
james () cylant com
CylantSecure, LinuxWorld Best Security Solution
www.cylant.com

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Michelle Mueller
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 2:41 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Faculty Laptops


Some of our faculty have laptops that they take home to do work.  We are
wondering what to do about the security issues this causes.  If the
faculty member has broad band and no firewall (the laptops do not have a
firewall installed), their laptop could become compromised at home.
Then, when they attach their computer to our network, our network is
compromised.  The logical solution would be to install a firewall but
I'm worried that when it asks for permission for an application to
access the internet the user will answer wrong.   I'm wondering what
others are doing to solve this.

Thanks,
Michelle

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