circumventing a powermac/NAT router
Greetings, I have been advised here previously to conceal my home network behind an old powermac which would be used as a NAT router. Now I have to consider whether this is worth the expense because if someone is dead intent on pilfering your research papers and they know where you submit them, wouldn't they be able to defeat your secure network by stealing your files on the receiving end? Perhaps a concrete example will illustrate: i have a mac mni behind a G4, i send a research paper to WebCT and Turnitin-- that file will now be purloined by the heathen subject, the pawn of Baalzebub itself. Could this happen? Regards, -LM -Luis Morales ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: circumventing a powermac/NAT router
Luis Morales wrote: I have been advised here previously to conceal my home network behind an old powermac which would be used as a NAT router. Now I have to consider whether this is worth the expense because if someone is dead intent on pilfering your research papers and they know where you submit them, wouldn't they be able to defeat your secure network by stealing your files on the receiving end? Hi Luis. Yes, this is completely possible. No system in the world is immune to determined cracking unless it is turned off, sealed in concrete and dropped in the ocean. Maybe not even then. When it comes to security, a good analogy might be: you can't run faster than the wolf, so just try to run faster than your friend. HtH, Adam J Richardson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: circumventing a powermac/NAT router
In response to Luis Morales [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Greetings, I have been advised here previously to conceal my home network behind an old powermac which would be used as a NAT router. Now I have to consider whether this is worth the expense because if someone is dead intent on pilfering your research papers and they know where you submit them, wouldn't they be able to defeat your secure network by stealing your files on the receiving end? Perhaps a concrete example will illustrate: i have a mac mni behind a G4, i send a research paper to WebCT and Turnitin-- that file will now be purloined by the heathen subject, the pawn of Baalzebub itself. Could this happen? Yes. The point, in many cases, is whose fault it is. If I have confidential data about you (SSN, medical info, etc) and I send it to you on your request, then it's stolen from your computer, it's your fault. But if I have your personal information (such as a CC#) and it gets stolen from _my_ server, I'm probably going to be forking over some $$$ to cover your trouble, unless you have a very crappy lawyer. If your CC# gets stolen through no fault of mine, I'm not paying a dime. Don't know how this compares to your research paper scenario, but hopefully it makes a point. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
