Re: Is modem sharing available in SBS 2003?

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It is definitely considered a security risk still today by some, more
specifically the FDIC, OCC, and State banking regulators. I may be showing
my age but modems were at the top of the hackers list as a means of entry.
Remember "war dialing" not to be confused with today's "war driving" whose
names are in reference to the 1983 movie "War Games". Of course wireless
"war driving" was not even conceived until a couple years ago, although it
is name goes back 20+ years.

Thanks,
Bob

"Gary Karasik" <gkarasik@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%2319z9zvZFHA.2420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks, Susan, but I don't buy it. In my experience, most people today
> need modem sharing not for surfing the web but for dialing in to financial
> institutions, some of which consider it a security risk to allow inbound
> broadband and will allow only dialup. Surely if security were the reason
> there would be an easy way for the admin to limit what numbers were being
> dialed.
>
> The "lack of demand" argument is probably closer to the truth although
> still not entirely honest. The marketing people, who see all features in
> terms of their value to sales, no doubt decided that this feature wouldn't
> drive any sales, and as there would be a cost to integrating/testing the
> code in the new product, decided the trade-off wasn't worthwhile.
>
> GaryK
>
> "Susan Bradley" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:up1yrttZFHA.3356@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Gary Karasik wrote:
>>
>>> That is interesting. I never heard that. How is modem sharing seen to be
>>> a security risk?
>>>
>>> GaryK
>>>
>>> "Matt Gibson" <mattg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:uYi5MJsZFHA.1448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>No. It was removed, as it's a security risk.
>>>>
>>>>Matt Gibson - GSEC
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Having your server [or any computer] have a direct modem connection that
>> can bypass the firewall is a risk.... forget the page in the SEcurity
>> guide that documents it... but it is.
>
>


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