Yes, protecting assets, esp when they're at home is a huge corporate
issue. Look at the recent Microsoft Hack. It was based on an attack of
a Home user.
Corporations are like the guy who wants to protect his fishing
pond. He puts up a huge fence, razor wite and plugs it into a 220V
current. Great the pond is protected. Unfortunately, laptops and
travelling users simply take the fish out of the pond and wander off
with them. finding ways to secure those users is very important.
Of course, given the state of Personal Firewall technology, as Brian
mentions... support is gonna be nasty.
Brian Ford writes:
> Mark (and List),
>
> Try to remember that you're reaching many people here on list who work with
> enterprise firewall solutions. As demonstrated by some of the messaging,
> in that setting it initially seems odd that you'd deploy personal
> firewalls. A case can be made, but given the state of personal firewalls,
> it might be less than supportable (right now, that could changes in moments).
>
> I'd ask everyone to think for a moment about how many corporations are
> extending the desktop out into the world. Many, many folks now have
> laptops and docks rather than a traditional PC. These same users have
> access to the Internet, through which they can gain access to a corporate
> intranet via a VPN.
>
> A personal firewall is suggested in many Internet connected environments,
> especially the increasingly mobile, laptop oriented parts of the world.
>
> So, how does the fact that we have users with laptops who can take them
> home and plug into a "not protected by corporate" Internet connection,
> factor into this? These are users and PCs that are mobile, moving inside
> and outside the corporate firewall.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian
>
>
> >Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:13:51 -0000
> >From: Mark Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: Personal Firewalls in corporate settings...
> >
> >Brenno,
> >
> >You're absolutely right - letting the user administer the firewall is just
> >as bad as not having it.
> >
> >Several of the newer versions of these firewalls, Tiny for example, have
> >the ability to supress warning dialogs and also allow password protected
> >remote administration.
> >
> >
> >
> >Maybe I should clarify my position,
> >
> >I'm researching a report on Personal Firewalls and their potential use in a
> >corporate environment.
> >This means that I'm testing many of the latest offerings.
> >
> >Some of them do appear to have very good centralised administration/rollout
> >support.
> >
> >I'm not necessarially for or against them - just looking for balanced
> >opinions.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Mark.
>
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