At 10:11 PM 12/19/97 +0300, otaibi @
sapic .
com wrote:
>Hello everyone,
> Is it possible to have a firewall to protect the private network
>from the dial-in users ?
>We have an internal LAN allowing some users to dial-in to our interanet
>(using Windows NT RAS) and thinking to have a firewall to protect our
>LAN.
> Does firewalls work with modems as external interfaces instead of
>the normal ethernet interfacs ?
>If yes, how it will be done ? I appreciate any help.
>Thanks all & regards,
>Mr. Hamoud Otaibi.
>
We have that problem, too. Users who feel the need for their own modems or
RAS. We wrote a paragraph into our security policy denying users that
right. If any user still feels the need, we re-home their LAN connection
outside the firewall, in the DMZ.
-Stitz
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