Firewalls: Re: : rpc

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Subject:	Re: : rpc
From:	Todd Graham Lewis <lists @ reflections . eng . mindspring . net>
Date:	Thu, 20 Mar 1997 17:33:04 -0500 (EST)
To:	Ikoedem Moses <moses @ mail . state . mo . us>
Cc:	firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to:	<Pine . SOL . 3 . 91 . 970320124956 . 25695C-100000 @ services>

On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Ikoedem Moses wrote:

> I will like to know of any special concerns of passing rpc through the
> firewall. 

1) severe technical difficulty related to portmap

2) major security holes related to UDP

Other than that, very few.  I don't, however, recommend it.

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Todd Graham Lewis          MindSpring Enterprises      tlewis @
 mindspring .
 com

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From: Ikoedem Moses <moses @ mail . state . mo . us>

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