The users' PC is the most vulnerable point in the equation, in any VPN scenario. Its that much more vulnerable because its on a wireless network.
The best thing to do is run a personal firewall on the machine, or use a VPN client (like the Cisco one) that has a VPN client built in. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:15 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: 802.11b and VPN security > > > Good question. I'm not sure. Since the tunnel is from the PC > to the Network, > I imagine a person would need to gain control of the PC. > Otherwise, they are > just on the local WAP network. > At the very least, this user should be running WEP enabled. > At least that > would keep the most basic losers out. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lum, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 6:13 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: 802.11b and VPN security > > > Scenario: > > A home user has DSL and wireless LAN, and this user uses the > Internet to VPN > into work. Is the security hole primarily between the WAP and > the user, or > could a hacker piggyback into the VPN connection as well? > Have any of you > ran into this scenario yet? > > If someone has links to more detail on this it would also be > appreciated. > > Dave Lum - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sr. Network Specialist - Textron Financial > 503-675-5510 > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
