Re: VPN/PPOE/RWW Questions/Security

From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 03/23/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:35:53 -0800

The attitude for many is that Linksys' quality is going downhill.

What ports do you have open on that router?

And what kind of ping/traffic are you seeing? Ensure that you have
strong passwords on all accounts.

Paul wrote:
> I have a few questions that are pretty much related so I'm putting them
> together in this one post.
>
> I am running SBS 2003 Standard with one nic and a hardware firewall/router.
> My LAN (10 pc's) uses static ip's provided by the ISP and I've set up one to
> one mapping on the firewall.
>
> VPN works ok except for an issue with one remote user that uses DSL/PPPOE at
> home. He can connect to the SBS server fine but when he disconnects he says
> that his home LAN becomes inoperable. He can't surf the internet and has to
> restart the modem to get his LAN back on line. He is behind a Linksys
> firewall. I'm guessing that he is having IP issues after using the VPN. Is
> there some setting on his Linksys or on the SBS server I should be adjusting?
>
> On that note, I've noticed when I connect from home through VPN that the
> public IP assigned to me has been one that I thought was already in use. Is
> this possible/should I map or assign more public IP's for the LAN?
>
> Finally, I have seen port 443 probed to death on my firewall logs for RWW.
> I've seen only one or two articles addressing RWW's inherent security (I
> think Marina provided a link in another thread) but I'm looking for more
> feedback. Assuming my SBS is patched and I have strong password policies, how
> vulnerable am I with port 443 out there in the open.
>
> Thanks in advance.

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