On 8 May 2001, at 23:05, Noonan, Wesley wrote:
> I just ran a simple test because your question got me curious. Running VNC I
> was able to capture and view every password that went across the wire in
> plain text, right there in my netmon capture. Windows logon, VNC connection
> establishment, all of them. Using PPTP I must decrypt the data first.
>
> If your outside network "expert" thinks PPTP is extraordinarily insecure,
> ask him what he thinks plain text is... It might be time for a better
> "expert" ;-)
I wish.
The big problem is that my boss is also an older brother of mine. I
think he refuses to pay attention to my advice because of that.
By the way, until recently that "network expert" apparently claimed
that firewalls are unnecessary! He even claimed that using access
control lists on the border router made the network less secure.
Eric Johnson
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