RE: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-14 Thread Johnson, Wayne
PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:33 PM To: Bourque Daniel; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NAT, Internet access and security Bourque Daniel wrote: Normally, you want your FW to be as invisible as possible (black hole) so you just drop all incoming packet that are not specifically allowed

RE: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-10 Thread Thomas M. Welch
. -Tom -Original Message- From: Kartik Trivedi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 5:05 AM To: irado furioso com tudo Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NAT, Internet access and security hey guys, Any idea how can i run an FTP server behind a NAT. I share DSL

RE: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-10 Thread Nick
d'origine- De: irado furioso com tudo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: 8 janvier, 2002 04:31 Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet: Re: NAT, Internet access and security I had heard that it is better to have a 'reject' rule instead of a 'deny' one, as reject will give back an immediate reply

RE: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-09 Thread Bourque Daniel
, Internet access and security I had heard that it is better to have a 'reject' rule instead of a 'deny' one, as reject will give back an immediate reply to the interrogator, while just rejecting the query can give you a multitude of 'retry', which can eat you bandwidth with lots and lots

Re: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-08 Thread emilyaanderson
In-Reply-To: 002501c19799$c960$fdfea8c0@ISDesktop Nothing is completely fool prof or completely invulnerable and there are quite a few web servers out there that do not have a firewall. A firewall is there only to set up another layer of defense. The other layers are to limit the

Re: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-08 Thread irado furioso com tudo
I had heard that it is better to have a 'reject' rule instead of a 'deny' one, as reject will give back an immediate reply to the interrogator, while just rejecting the query can give you a multitude of 'retry', which can eat you bandwidth with lots and lots of retries. If possible, can

Re: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-08 Thread Kartik Trivedi
tudo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 3:46 AM Subject: Re: NAT, Internet access and security surelly, I am missing something. In a widely open network as this, how can it be secure ?? Iain McAleer wrote: Hey guys, To be honest, if your system is secure

Re: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-08 Thread irado furioso com tudo
IMHO, it is better to have the latest OpenSSH running, wich carry little secure things like scp (secure copy) and sftp (secureFTP). Kartik Trivedi wrote: hey guys, Any idea how can i run an FTP server behind a NAT. I share DSL connection with my roommates using a router. But i want to

Re: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-07 Thread John Spencer
Here is a suggestion for basic firewall setup: Always have a base rule or policy that is set to deny or drop any source to any destination using any service/port. Then add rules or policies above the basic deny policy (typically referred to as a stealth rule) to specifically allow only the

Re: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-07 Thread irado furioso com tudo
surelly, I am missing something. In a widely open network as this, how can it be secure ?? Iain McAleer wrote: Hey guys, To be honest, if your system is secure a firewall is redundant. I am aware of a company here in Perth that is part of a multi-million dollar corporation. They have

RE: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-07 Thread Keith T. Morgan
management and monitoring, end user education etc... will eventually lead to a compromise. -Original Message- From: keith royster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 5:08 PM To: Iain McAleer Cc: Gilles Poiret; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NAT, Internet access and security

Re: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-07 Thread Nick
I was under the impression that the stealth rule was to have anything going directly to your Firewall dropped, therefore making your FW's addess a black hole. It never answers anything, except what you specifically allow for management purposes. The rule you describe was always referred to as a

Re: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-06 Thread Iain McAleer
, January 03, 2002 8:14 PM Subject: Re: NAT, Internet access and security Hello, Most of answers I received suggest me to set up a firewall. (My router seems to have this ability.) But a firewall to block what ? Excepted for the router, computers can't be to uch from outside of the LAN, since

Re: NAT, Internet access and security

2002-01-04 Thread Gilles Poiret
Hello, Most of answers I received suggest me to set up a firewall. (My router seems to have this ability.) But a firewall to block what ? Excepted for the router, computers can't be to uch from outside of the LAN, since they have private adresses. The most important risk seems to be about