On 29 Jul 2006 at 21:12, Hugh Gundersen wrote: > No risk if you set it up right.
Nonsense, there are risks with EVERY internet facing service that you have open to the public. You can manage those risks, by having appropriate controls in place, but to say there is no risk, is just plain silly. If you have separate machine running in a dmz, then that reduces the risk to the main office network. We have a good enterprise class router at this site that would allow setting this up to be a breeze, however we don't have any physical space into which to put another computer. > would not necessarily be networked to the main system so it would be > totally independent as would an outside $$$$$$ one. Exactly, the security and updates can be handled by someone else... I've got enough on my plate on a daily basis. > Paranoia again. No realism, I've had to cleanup many networks after a hacker broke in via the ftp server (of both the unix and windows variety) -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
