Collins, Kevin (MindWorks) wrote:
I looked at Hamachi after a mention of it on this list yesterday, and
while it seems pretty cools, I have to ask:
Am I the only one who has at least a slight distrust of using a
"mediation server" in the middle of a secure connection?
Maybe I just don't get it, or I do and am overly paranoid, but this
seems to invite snooping, man in the middle attacks, etc... What level
of trust do I need to place on servers I have no control over?
You get it.
I don't trust it.
Just because you and I are overly paranoid doesn't mean the "mediation
server" hasn't been 0wned or the admin "curious".
Besides, in a truly secure network environment (where I work) there is
no way for users to install it in the first place. With 400 users on NT
4 network all using IE and Outlook we have never had a single virus or
compromise of any kind in the last 9 years.
Moreover, even if users could install it, or somehow get a machine
authenticated to use the network and then the proxy and Internet, they
would definitely get fired for violating the agreement they signed when
they got hired (at least where I work anyway).
In fact, I am betting that I am not able to make a connection from work
to home through our firewall.
Anyone care to wager?
Rick
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