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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!buffnet3!shovey From: shovey@buffnet.net (steve hovey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Internet Gateway Security Date: 29 Nov 1995 16:20:59 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 31 Distribution: world Message-ID: <49i19b$m84@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <4928bq$8o3@news2.ios.com> <493pu7$7gs@atlas.uniserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: buffnet3.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Tom Samplonius (tom@uniserve.com) wrote: : In article <4928bq$8o3@news2.ios.com>, wkam@chelsea.ios.com says... : > : >Hi everyone, : > : >Perhaps you may assist me with this question. : > : >Currently, we have a Novell 3.11 network running and we want an : >Internet Server Gateway to provide the users internet access. : > : >If I install the Internet Server onto the ethernet backbone thus : >becoming part of our Novell network, would hackers be able to hack : >into our Novell network and workstations?? : > : >Is our Novell network safe? Do we need to install a firewall on the : >internet server? : Probably not. Most Novell setups use IPX. The Internet uses TCP/IP. Since : your server only knows IPX, no one on the Internet can touch it. : Tom I dissagree - if any machine on your lan runs BOTH IPX and tcp/ip the cracker would need only crack that machine, and then use it to crack other ipx/novell boxes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Hovey -- shovey@buffnet.net root@buffnet.net