Yes.
Is it a significant risk?
It depends.
Assuming the use of PPP/SLIP, not just a telnet session to a host, the IP
address issued to the dial-up user could allow the dial-up user's local system
to be used to route traffic between your LAN and the Internet.
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Subject: Dialup security
Author: "Ralph E. Marcuccilli" <ralphm%starfinancial .
com @
cerberus2 .
kcp .
com> at
INTERNET-MAIL
Date: 2/16/97 8:31 PM
I have users on a WAN with dial-up internet access using Trumpet Winsock or
Win95. Does this pose any risk to my WAN/LAN?
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Ralph Marcuccilli
ralphm @
netview .
net
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Ralph E. Marcuccilli
ralphm @
starfinancial .
com
www.starfinancial.com
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