Again, do not get a false feeling of security if you do this. It is WAY better than nothing, but we've had phone phreaks longer than computer crackers...
Jim Tim V - DZ wrote: > > In addition to the personal firewall consider a "Call-Back." Where the > users home phone is statically entered and when the a call is placed > into the modem, the connection is terminated and the modem automatically > calls the users home computer back to establish the connection. > > -----Original Message----- > From: list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 5:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Chris Berry' > Subject: RE: Modem Security > > You could install a personal firewall on the individuals PC. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 11:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Modem Security > > I think I've got my internet connection security coming together, > but > > I'm worried about a potential back door. I have one worker who > absolutely > > has to have a modem to contact the legacy system our billing service > > uses. What bothers me is that someone might get clever and use a war > > dialer to find this number and try and hack their way around my secure > > gateway. I'd like to make this more difficult or at least have some way > > to contain the damage. Does anyone have any ideas? I thought of > possibly > > putting a linux box configured as a firewall between her and the rest of > > the network, but I'd have to have alot of ports open to allow all the > > services she'll need so I don't know if that would even help much. -- James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA Booz | Allen | Hamilton phone: (410) 684-6566
