I had the very same thoughts, being a university you can imagine what physical security is like, plus management wants to give students the ability to walk on campus and plugin, plus start wireless services too.
>From what people have sent back from my question, I don;t think we will be any worse of security wise as far as moving to DHCP will go. Thanks for the various responses, if someone still thinks of a big issue I would love to hear it. Cheers, Stewart On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Jones, Steven wrote: > Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:19:06 +1300 > From: "Jones, Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'Stewart James' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > debian-security@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: DHCP > Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:24:16 -0600 (CST) > Resent-From: debian-security@lists.debian.org > > u could set dhcp to give out a fixed address dependant on a mac address, > this would stop just anybody plugging a box into a network, if your network > is physically secure then thats not a worry. (a cat5 jack in reception or > some other public place is dodgy) > > Otherwise dhcp makes life easier...its the only way to manage a decent sized > network. > > :) > > Steven > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stewart James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 29 October 2002 12:03 > To: debian-security@lists.debian.org > Subject: DHCP > > > > I was hoping someone could help me out here. Currently I am still on a > netowrk using static IP configurationon each machine, we are finally > moving towards DHCP. Are there any security considerations to be made to > ensure there is no gapping security hole. the various howto's I have seen > don;t seem to have a clear "Security" section and I havent seen it > mentioned in any of the faq's > > Thanks for any assistance, > > Stewart James > > >
