Re: Security Risk?

From: Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP] (crisnospamhanna_at_computingnospampossibilities.net)
Date: 01/21/05


Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:50:57 -0600

you've already answered your question
You're allowing him physical access to your lan...what do you think the risk
is

Put a multiport router in front of you internet connection...connect him/her
directly to that and your external nic to that and then out to the net.

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Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
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"Reiper" <nobody@madeup.com> wrote in message 
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> At our company we will be leasing one of our offices to a person that is 
> actually part of another company.  My question is if I let him connect to 
> our LAN to get internet access but don't actually add him to the SBS 
> network domain will he pose a security risk to our network if he were to 
> have a virus or something?  He should have no access to our network files 
> as he won't be part of our domain but he would be using the server to pass 
> through to the internet (2 nic configuration).  Any input on this is 
> appreciated!! TIA.
> 


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