Alarmist no not to me. I would tell them find or propose another way. I would look at a way maybe using a Linux machine that sync's (more or less) what they need and then maybe put that where it could be seen from the web. Others may have better ways to skin the cat.
Jon On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:57 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > We are getting a new product to report variances. It is web-based but > using LDAP to authenticate users. The way it works is that a person can log > a variance anonymously but then directors can use their AD credentials to > log in and report their findings. > My issue is that they want my two LDAP servers (which are my dc's) to have > a public IP address. Even with ACL and security, I am very uncomfortable > with having my DC's be "visible" on the 'net. From past experience of > scanning my firewall logs, I know that a lot of times, hackers (or script > kiddies) just use a range of public IP's to scan for vulnerabilities. > Am I being unduly alarmist in my concern? Do other organizations attach a > public IP to their LDAP servers? > Thanks for any opinions you can give me. I have no problem going back to > the people involved and saying ' I was wrong.' OTOH, I also have no problem > telling them no way, you need to come up with a work around. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
