[55334] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level3 routing issues?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alex@yuriev.com)
Mon Jan 27 15:06:54 2003
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:03:09 -0500 (EST)
From: alex@yuriev.com
To: Scott Granados <scott@wworks.net>
Cc: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>, lamour@UU.NET,
Dave Stewart <dbs@dbscom.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0301271157490.1585-100000@mailpod.wworks.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Alex, although technically correct, its not practical. How many end users
> vpn in from home from say a public ip on their dsl modem leaving
> themselves open to attack but now also having this connection back to the
> "Secure" inside network. Has anyone heard of any confirmed cases of this
> yet?
So then they are using a wrong tool. Using a wrong security tool tends to
bite one in the <censored>.
Yes, I have seen attacks mounted via VPNs. Work like charm.
Alex
