On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Joerg Dietze wrote: > noticed today that sys admins at our local office of the "Deutsche Bank" > had stickers attached to the computer monitors with the local IP > addresses visible for everyone who wants them to know. OK, they're not > running M$ but OS/2 and I'm sure there is a firewall but if one knows > "where to go today"... :-(.
Consider these points, and see if it doesn't make you feel more comfortable about the safety of your information/money. 1) Even if there was an external connection through a firewall, the fact that you know the numbering scheme of the internal machines is analogous to knowing the apartment number without knowing the street address... Heh, "Hello, I'd like a mushroom and pepperoni pizza please. I live in Apt. 2B." 2) There are plenty of local networks that don't even have a connection to the outside world... especially in banks and military installations. When I was an Information Systems Security Officer at Naval Aviation Depot, Jacksonville, our LAN had no external interface at all. Even if you knew the IP of every terminal on the network, it doesn't do you any good if there's no copper from the "outside world" to the network. 3) It's very doubtful that any data is actually kept on any of those machines. They most likely serve as "dumb terminals," having the sole function of transferring data to one of the ultra-locked down and secure database servers... one of which probably resides in the secret basement of the vault... ;-) - Steve
