I think that it is impossible to protect against this. There are
easily obtained devices which allow you to connect to a pbx deskset
via the handset cord from any modem. Ratburt has suggested that you can
deter it a great deal by imposing a death penalty on anyone caught using a
modem.
FORWARDED MESSAGE from Douglas M. MacFarlane (MADMAC @ SMTP
{madmac @
mcs .
net}) at 1/29/97 12:28p
>
>
>In the case where an organization has a PBX, and uses digital lines
>for desktop phones, you have a potential way to do this, with a few
>caveats. If the organization's Telecom staff is cooperative, they
>can produce a list of analog cirrcuits and where they are.
>
>Since modems generally use analog circuits, you'llknow where to
>look.
>
>A better, and more generalized, solution would be to deploy
>configuration management software enterprise wide. These tools
>generally also offer inventory/assetmanagement components, and could
>fill that need as well.
>
>Doug
>
>
>On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Pierre-Yves Bonnetain wrote:
>> Maybe this subject has been dealt with to the point of sickness,
>but...
>> One of my customers is looking for a _systematic_ way (well, as near
>as
>> possible, as usual) to detect if any internal user, on his network, may
>have
>> some modem attached to his computer (W95, OS/2 or Unix). I just told him
>that
>> this seemed dubious at most, but customers are customers.
>> So, what is your opinion ?
>> Tia,
>> --
>> -+-+ Pierre-Yves BONNETAIN (aka Pyb)
>>
>
>Douglas M. MacFarlane
>Managing Consultant, Network Integration Practice
>Interim Technology (888) 948-6252 x6955
>madmac @
mcs .
net
***** NOTES from Alberto de_la_Torre (ADELATOR @ TCGPO) at 1/30/97 9:14a
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