Eric Cope wrote: > is this because you can rely on the VPN to properly protect access to > it through the vpn mechanisms? > Eric That should never be a consideration when you think about it. Most of the attacks on systems come from INSIDE the network.
I have had systems across a VPN between tribal networks that were not allowed to communicate except a single machine on one side to a single machine on the other and we had rules in the VPN to control the traffic between those machines. There are lots of reasons for rules inside a tunnel but usually a tunnel is just between a single machine and some other device. In my case I had two VPN boxes connecting to networks... nathan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
