RE: Cisco Workaround (VPN PROBLEM)

2003-08-01 Thread Vachon, Scott
I did state in my first mail that it was the pixes that were controlling the vpn/encryption, but I may not have been clear. So there it is again. :) Anyway, the 2 versions that we tried to upgrade to are: c820-k9osy6-mz.12.3-1a (24/8) and 12.2(15)T4/5 Currently we are running: 12.2 (sorry this

RE: Cisco Workaround

2003-07-31 Thread Vachon, Scott
Background: We have a Cisco 827 router and a PIX 506e locally. Router being in front of the PIX. We also have a co-location facility that we are connected via a constant VPN tunnel. There we have a PIX 515e. The two pixes are what control the VPN/encryption. snip So we upgraded the router to

RE: What to look at, source or destination port?

2003-07-23 Thread Vachon, Scott
UDP is not a connection-oriented protocol as TCP is, so it is more difficult to track it by a mean firewall (i.e. it's quite difficult to find out which peer is the origin of the communication). You should determine if there is more entries in the logs like those, group them by source port and

RE: Single sign on

2002-12-10 Thread Vachon, Scott
Does anyone have any good links for a single sign on solution. Any material would also be appreciated. For Network equipment check out the Formulator : www.goldwiretech.com ~S~ Disclaimer: My own 2 cents. Learn more about Paymentech's payment processing services at www.paymentech.com

Locking Cisco Router

2002-11-26 Thread Vachon, Scott
If you have physical access you can still open the box pull the NVRAM and your back in business. in response to: What about physically disabling all the external ports ? If you pull the NVRAM and place it in another router ? Otherwise I don't understand after you physically disable (remove ) the

RE: Locking Cisco Router

2002-11-25 Thread Vachon, Scott
After asking a few other engineers who work more on our routers I'm almost positive there is NO WAY to disable password recovery for somebody who has physical access and local console access to a cisco router. What about physically disabling all the external ports ? ~S~ Learn more about

Microsoft SMS SNMP functionality

2002-11-18 Thread Vachon, Scott
Our Network Operations group recently noted an increased failure on snmp queries against our internal routers and switches. After tracking down the offending IP address, we discovered that our Desktop group had deployed Microsoft SMS company- wide and it was attempting network discovery by

RE: RE: Telnet/SSL v SSH

2002-09-25 Thread Vachon, Scott
Just one example: can I code a client/server applications and encrypt and do authentication with SSL/SSH tunneling ? I've no idea, not from the things I've read about those two. Yeah, SSH is a secure login and shell for a remote system. That I know. It's more than that, isn't it ?? I'm sorry if

RE: Personal Firewalls

2002-07-12 Thread Vachon, Scott
My company has a VERY distributed user base with many people working from small satellite sites and/or from home. I would love suggestions for a PC level firewall that would protect from intrusions and also whether hardware v. software solutions would be best. We deal with medical

RE: Wireless LAN question

2002-07-02 Thread Vachon, Scott
I know work has been done to roughly triangulate a cell phone users position based on signal strength received at 3-4 cell towers (I believe to fulfill upcoming 911 legislation). It seems to me you would need 3-4 access points, but could do the same thing with 802.11. But somehow I don't think

RE: Cisco IOS question

2002-05-22 Thread Vachon, Scott
On my cisco 3600 router. How can I disable telnet into serial 0/0. I do need to leave telnet open on FastEth0/0 but I don't want anyone to be able to telnet in from the outside. Create an access list that blocks telnet access. Apply it to the s0/0 interface. ~S~ Disclaimer: My own two

RE: Best VLAN supporting Switch

2002-05-20 Thread Vachon, Scott
Foundry all the way, Cisco is not very good at switching.Cisco works but Foundry is superior. Cisco is mainly good for routing purposes until you hit the 12,000 stage, then you should probably get a Juniper router. LOL. I have to ask on what basis you make the above statements. Have you tested

RE: Best VLAN supporting Switch

2002-05-17 Thread Vachon, Scott
We are going to deploy VLAN on 10/100 LAN and about 200 users. Our consideration is security. We are now focusing on Cisco Catalyst 2900 XL. Is it good choice? Or? What is your recommended Brand and Model. I assume you will use the 2950 ?? Have you considered the 3548xl ? Both are good, the

RE: Home Security.

2002-05-02 Thread Vachon, Scott
INTERNET ADSL Modem--Firewall Machine---HUBServer | Linux Client. My questions are these: 1) What is the best operating system / firewall software combination to use on the firewall

RE: Software or Hardware-Router: what´s more secure

2002-04-30 Thread Vachon, Scott
Is it better to have a - hardware router like a Zyxel or Netgear - software router like Winroute or LINUX-software in terms of security. For normal users use the KISS approach -- Hardware solution. For technical folks or those who enjoy learning something new -- software solution. MHO !

RE: Secure Way of Remotely Viewing a Desktop...

2002-04-25 Thread Vachon, Scott
In order for him to funtion effectively in class he will need to be able to see a remote display of what his teacher is doing on her PC (which is hooked up to an LCD projector) on the screen of his PC. Is there a secure way of accomplishing this feat without using any of a number of trojan

RE: Question on broadband IP routers using NAT

2002-04-22 Thread Vachon, Scott
I recently purchased an el cheapo ip router -- a LanReady CR-840 -- and I'm having trouble getting it to grab a dynamic IP from my cable modem. The modem will assign one to any NIC I've tried, but not the router. I took it to the office and snapped it on the LAN, and it snagged one no problem.

RE: Vendor Remote Access

2002-04-19 Thread Vachon, Scott
Our organization works with many third party vendors. If a deparment buys a new application from a vendor, it usually comes with support. This means they should be able to access the server remotely. Some require PCAnywhere to be installed on the server and can be accessed via dial-up

RE: Political Challenges Using Nessus

2002-03-14 Thread Vachon, Scott
My problem... I am not sure if I can trust either my Director or the Manger of Network/Servers if I start running Nessus. Both have a keen sense of corporate politics and only look out for themselves. My manager want results..but then he offers no support and will *nail* me hard if I make

RE: VLAN as a DMZ

2002-03-09 Thread Vachon, Scott
There are definitely textbook reasons (secondary compromize issues, etc), but does anyone know of a specific technical reason why using a VLAN for a DMZ segment is a bad idea (cisco 5500 switch)? The VLAN would have no telnet interface living on it, and no level 3 switching/routing going

RE: screening router

2002-02-27 Thread Vachon, Scott
why should I setup ACLs on a screening router for some kind of traffic (e.g. ICMP, maybe restrict some ports) although the firewall itself filters that traffic? Why should I setup ACLs on an internal screening router? You should base all your network security on the principal of defense in

RE: Just a question!!!

2002-02-24 Thread Vachon, Scott
The thing that I don't understand is that this is not the proxy server of ISP i'm connected to !! I used samspade.org trying to know what (or where) it is ..but I couldn't figure it out ... that IP is 208.255.95.117 ... what do you think ... I know it is a dumb question but ...sorry

RE: Win2K and Lview.exe -- am I infected?

2001-12-12 Thread Vachon, Scott
I discovered that I can go to Task Manager -- Processes, and kill the process wowexec.exe (with the leading space) and everything will be restored to normal behavior. Any idea if I have been infected with something and what I can do about it? I don't think you are infected. The wowexec.exe is

Secure Remote over PPoE VPN

2001-10-26 Thread Vachon, Scott
I am evaluating the following VPN solution and have encountered a problem: Once the Secure Remote client is authenticated on a Nokia Firewall-1, the remote workstation/laptop fails to communicate with the Corporate LAN (no internal server access, no pings of ip addresses, etc). Configuration

RE: Using Checkpoint SecuRemote client through RedHat Linux firewall...

2001-10-02 Thread Vachon, Scott
what encryption method are you using in SR? try using IKE. you might also have to portforward some traffic on your linux iptables firewall to your internal host running SR. take a look at http://www.phoneboy.com/faq/0372.html john. sdsl modem - nic #1 Linux, 2.4.9 with