Re: Access to Win2000 Server shares via the internet

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:43:04 -0500

Leythos wrote:
> In article <k2Qpd.7660$3U4.231440@news02.tsnz.net>,
> stuart.maxwell@gmail.com says...
>> I don't see *much* wrong with this either - as long as you've got
>> strong password policies it *should* be fine. One of the key things
>> is that you should force passwords to change more often than usual -
>> I have seen many occasions where somebody has accessed a virtual web
>> directory and have saved their passwords in the browser window! This
>> is especially bad if users will be accessing the virtual directories
>> from public computers (internet cafes, libraries, etc...)
>
> There are many reasons that I would never do it - the first of which
> is that you have to be running IIS and unless you know enough to
> secure it you open an entire range of security problems - and he's
> already presented the notion that he doesn't understand security
> based on his posts.
>
> A VPN option is simple, easy to setup, is designed for the requested
> activity, and provides access to the server as though the users were
> connected to the server network, not just through a web interface.
>
> It would take the average IT person, already familiar with 2K, about
> 15 minutes to setup RAS/VPN, and it would take the average Windows
> 2000/XP user about 5 minutes to setup a VPN/PPTP connection from
> anywhere to the server.
>

I agree. VPN is the right way to go.
>
> --

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