It sounds like you are trying to use technology to fix behavioural problems. What happens when these users and their infected laptops connect to your lan, or connect to a customer's lan ?
Anyway, you may find this interesting, sorry for the awful url. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b714e88b-c2db-4 709-a3f9-6a9d49a48db9&displaylang=en Matt Joyce Children's Cancer Institute Australia http://www.ccia.org.au > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Erick Thompson > Sent: Saturday, 18 September 2004 9:38 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: LCS and remote users > > If you have a remote user infected with virus X, would you > rather them have access to your network, or just to port X on > server Y? True, with an open port you are more exposed to > random hackers, but I've had far far more problems with my > remote users downloading viruses, trojans, and other "bad > things" then I have with random attacks breaking in. > > Erick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Martin Blackstone > > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 4:31 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: LCS and remote users > > > > So its safer to just open ports? > > This is like dyslexic security. > > Open ports = bad. > > VPN = good. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Erick Thompson > > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 4:15 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: LCS and remote users > > > > I really dislike VPNs. They basically tunnel into your network, > > leaving you quite exposed. Do you know what ports SIP uses? > > > > Thanks, > > Erick > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > > > Martin Blackstone > > > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 3:40 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: LCS and remote users > > > > > > I would imagine a VPN. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > Erick Thompson > > > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:31 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: LCS and remote users > > > > > > I have an LCS Server running for internal IM. I would > like to give > > > selected users outside of the firewall access to the LCS > server, so > > > they can use our internal IM network. 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