Author: Martin Andersen
Date: 07:50:43 05/17/02
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On May 17, 2002 at 03:33:25, Tony Werten wrote: >On May 16, 2002 at 16:22:06, Martin Andersen wrote: > >>On May 16, 2002 at 15:23:07, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>One of our engineers is experimenting with a firewall for the place where I >>>work. He's afraid that he might have cut our site out completely except for the >>>internal net. >>> >>>Could someone try to connect to: >>>http://www.connx.com >>>and see if they are able to connect and see the site? >>> >>>Send me an email (if it fails) to dcorbit@connx.com >> >>Are you sure this guy knows what he is doing ? >>I mean, I wouldn't trust my company (if I had one) to this >>guy, if he doesn't know if the outside world has access to the >>Web server. > >You mean know what you're doing before actually doing it ? > >How boring, you sound like someone who reads a manual first :) It's all about security. I assume the company has a firewall, and the guy who sets it up, uses packet rules to block unwantes packets from entering their local network. If he doesn't know what he is doing, there is no security. Martin. > >Tony > >>Also, it is easy to test from the inside if there >>is hole through. >> >>Martin.
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