I made the assumption for my (more serious reply) that when David said full access to/from the Internet, that he didn't mean that connections initated from the Internet would have full access to the internal host.
If that assumption wasn't correct, then I refer David to Chris's more sarcastic reply. :) Mike Burden Lynk Systems http://www.lynk.com (616)532-4985 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:12 PM > To: Cox, Danny H.; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [gb-users] Outbound Filter? > > > You missed the point completely. They want all > inbound/outbound traffic > to pass freely to the box. This is no different than plugging in > direct. It was sarcasm for the most part. > > Chris Green > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cox, Danny H. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:09 PM > To: Chris Green; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [gb-users] Outbound Filter? > > That is suicide. > > What person would be foolish enough to connect direct? > > On a Windows system you are guaranteed a hack & slash job in > a matter of > hours if not minutes. > > I have worked with hardening Windows systems for some time (about 7 > years) and I would rarely consider such a senseless act. > > Unless they want to poke around the net and try their own hacking > skills, I see little benefit and lots of risk. > > Danny H. Cox > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [gb-users] Outbound Filter? > > Remove the firewall and plug them directly into the internet > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Kraut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:39 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [gb-users] Outbound Filter? > > What is the best way to give a single internal client (IP) full > unfiltered > access to/from the Internet? > > > David > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive of the last 1000 messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive of the last 1000 messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive of the last 1000 messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
