On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 15:27, Steve Pirk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Larry Seltzer wrote: > > ... >> When IT enables BranchCache, a copy of >> data accessed from an intranet web site or a file server is cached >> locally within the branch office. When another user on the same network >> requests the file, the user gets access to the content almost >> immediately as it is downloaded from the local cache rather than over a >> limited bandwidth connection back to headquarters. >> Flexible Architecture > ... > > So, Microsoft has implemented a squid like server as part of their gateway > solution for office connections to the net. If done correctly, sould be > safe enough, no?
Not exactly squid like. The more interesting bit is further down: "In the second mode, called Distributed Cache, a branch server is not required, as copies of files are directly cached on PCs in the branch and sent to other Windows 7 clients as needed" P2P squid. Now what happens when a user decides to inject malicious code into the cached files... It'd be interesting to see what steps were taken to prevent that from occurring. -- jason _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
