On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Juned Shaikh <[email protected]> wrote: > When a laptop are docked, the Win7 workstations gets IPs from > both the network ; Wired and wireless. > Is the security concern right?
Without knowing what's driving the concern -- what the configuration of your network(s) is like, what security features you're using and what they are defending against, etc. -- we can't really say. Security might have a point, they might not. For example, if your wireless and wireline networks are both part of the same broadcast domain, or your routers forward IP datagrams indiscriminately between the two networks, then connecting to one is as good as connecting to the other, so there's no point in worrying about it. But maybe that's not the case. Have you tried sitting down with your security people and working to understand each other's concerns? > What is the current method of 100% ensuring the traffic route ? Don't connect to more than one network at a time. Our newer Dell laptops have a BIOS option that disables the onboard wireless if the onboard Ethernet port has a link. I imagine one could find a software solution to do similar. Of course, a malfunctioning or compromised laptop might still connect to both at once. Which leads us back to the first questions above. -- Ben ~ 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
