>Has anyone considered the issues with using an NT machine as an
>application/firewall server. Consider the following a NT server with two
>network attachments one external, a RAS dialin connection running NetBEUI,
>and an internal one, token-ring running IP. Anyone is allowed access to the
>outside via the RAS dialin. The internal network is the Internal network no
>firewall, nothing at all between the NT servers and everyone else. Sounds
>like a problem waiting to happen but I have no proof to use in stating my
>case. Can anyone provide any enlightenment as to the REAL potential problems.
Neither RAS nor NT itself will route across protocols. This setup is more
secure than you think -- users can access only the computer that they are
dialing into.
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