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From: pflores@phoenix.net (Paul Flores)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Internet Gateway Security
Date: 30 Nov 1995 11:49:01 GMT
Organization: Phoenix Data Systems
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: Tom Samplonius (tom@uniserve.com) wrote:
: : >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.
: 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.
Hmmm, as long as FTPs into your machines are denied(Something your router
should be able to do), there
isn't a WHOLE lot one can do to a PC running windows, OS/2 or a MAC. :>
Also, if you are running IP TUNNELING for Netware, your server is VERY
open for attack, But you would only be running this if you were using the
'Net as a medium to connect users to a netware login...
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