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Re: pcanywhere encryption
From: Adam Shostack <adam () homeport org>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:26:09 -0500
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 06:46:05PM -0500, Randy Witlicki wrote: | Here's my twist to the issue: | | I will contend (IF and ONLY IF the crypto is done right) that | it is better to provide a telecommuter with remote access via | a PCAnywhere (or VNC) type of connection and not a VPN. | The reason is that you are only trusting one application to go | behind the corporate perimeter defense. A VPN lets *any* application | running on the home PC (or perhaps the home LAN for that matter) | to be trusted. Its my understanding that PC Anywhere allows me to control the remote PC. If the app that goes through the perimeter can control a full host on the inside, then I fail to see what benefit your distinction brings? Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () nfr com http://www.nfr.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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