On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani wrote:I think this needs clarification:
4. is it secure?
Depends on how you implement it.
It can be secure. All you have to do is install an IPSec VPN on all machines participating in the network, and not let anyone who is not VPN authenticated get to either your internal network *or the internet*!
Otherwise, aside from the usual "sniffing your network" and "breaking into your computers" (and wer'e talking the computers that think they are behind the firewall, and therefor think that they're ok), you risk spammers using your internet connection to send 100% anonymous spam (well, it's not anonymous - it has your name clearly marked on it).
I'm not sure how frequent this problem is in Israel, but I wouldn't rely on it's infrequency for protection if I were you.
Assuming you have no plans of installing a VPN client (and a firewall) on each machine that participates in your home network, I'd say the answer for the question "is it secure" is "no".
Shachar
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