You're making this more complicated than it needs to be. The simplest and most secure 
method is to use a callback system

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 2:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Modem Security




    I think I've got my internet connection security coming together, but 

I'm worried about a potential back door.  I have one worker who absolutely 

has to have a modem to contact the legacy system our billing service 

uses.  What bothers me is that someone might get clever and use a war 

dialer to find this number and try and hack their way around my secure 

gateway.  I'd like to make this more difficult or at least have some way 

to contain the damage.  Does anyone have any ideas?  I thought of possibly 

putting a linux box configured as a firewall between her and the rest of 

the network, but I'd have to have alot of ports open to allow all the 

services she'll need so I don't know if that would even help much.



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