On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, John Adams wrote:
> What about people working from home? Forget it. The only good solution is
> to put the entire network into complete lockdown and run VPN for outside
> access. Bring outside services in via encrypted sessions.
VPNs put the encryption boundary on an untrused host (that may not be
owned or configured by the company) that is forced to connect to an
untrustable network in the clear to initiate its session. That completely
negates the phrase "complete lockdown" in my book.
Paul
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