It depends on how tightly the machine is locked down in general. If the end user has any capacity to set up their machine to route packets from one NIC to the other, then, yes, it¹s a problem.
On 1/17/08 10:15, "Fogarty, Richard R Mr ARMY GUEST USA USASOC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isn't it a vulnerability if said user has both segments (assuming the wireless > and the wired are separate) active? Would this provide access from one to the > other (theoretically speaking)? > > > From: Troy Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:30 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Disable Wirless if Ethernet has a connection > > > Are attacks on a wireless client card a real issue as of now? If your > workstations are not setup as ad-hoc access points is this really a valid > threat? > > I am not discounting the possibility, it is just not something I have read > about yet and I try to avoid FUD passed under the guise of security. > > -troy > > > From: mck1012 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:53 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Disable Wirless if Ethernet has a connection > > > > No. I want the Wireless disabled when the Ethernet cable has a connection to > prevent the user from being able to attach to wireless networks when connected > to the corporate LAN and attacks on the wireless card. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Oliver Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:45:22 AM > Subject: RE: Disable Wirless if Ethernet has a connection > > You can just change the order of the nics in the advanced network > properties. Does that do what you need ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Krishna Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 January 2008 14:29 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Disable Wirless if Ethernet has a connection > > Lenovo has a program called Access Connections where you can set up > profiles to do this. However I don't know if you can use on > non-Lenovo/IBM systems. It is available on their site as a download. > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/migr-4zlnjb.html > > > Krishna Reddy > IT Manager > Nucomm, Inc. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Disable Wirless if Ethernet has a connection > > That works wonderfully, however the Wireless is still open and if you do > not have it properly secured someone can attach to it wirelessly and try > to Hack in that way. I would like to see if there is a way to do this > also for our wireless users. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:52 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Disable Wirless if Ethernet has a connection > > I have never been able to find a GPO or app that will do this. > However you can set the weight on your network adapters. Set a lower > value on the Wired NIC and a higher value on the Wireless NIC that way > the pc will always choose the Wired NIC if both have a connection. > > Network Connections --> LAN Connection --> TCPIP --> Advanced --> > Uncheck Automatic Metric and put in an Interface Metric. 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