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Subject: Re: Dialup security
From: Denis Vella <dvella @ ptl . com . mt>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 97 10:19:27 --0100
To: "firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM" <firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM>

Excuse me for going back to basics.... but how can, say, a dial-up Windows
95 client usinp PPP be used to route traffic if there are no services
listening on any ports?

Cheers
Denis

-------- REPLY, Original message follows --------

> 
> 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.
> 
>-SNIP-SNIP-
> 
> 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?
> 

-------- REPLY, End of original message --------


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