Re: SSL VPNs and security

[Q-Ball <qballus () gmail com>]

Sure traffic can be filtered, but the point is that the layer 7 connection
is terminated at the network perimiter rather than the internatl network
which is typically much less protected.

On 6/14/06, Ray P <sixsigma98 () hotmail com> wrote:
> Why do I keep reading that "IPSec provides full network connectivity"? SC
> Magazine just repeated this nonsense.
>
> It only does that if you have it configured that way. Even Microsoft's
> PPTP
> & L2TP "free" stuff can be limited. And you can configure an SSL VPN to do
> likewise.
>
> Ray
>
> >From: Q-Ball <qballus () gmail com>
> >To: Tim <tim-security () sentinelchicken org>
> >CC: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
> >Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] SSL VPNs and security
> >Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:13:45 +1000
> >
> >SSL VPNs have their legitimate place as does IPSec. Personally, I'd
> rather
> >that travelling exec's who need to log on from a public Internet
> terminal,
> >dont have full IP connectivity into the network, but maybe that's just
> me.
> >
> >Q-Ball
> >
> >On 6/10/06, Tim <tim-security () sentinelchicken org> wrote:
> >>
> >> > That depends on whether the solution tries to solve single-sign-on
> >> > problems as well.  If the vendor is trying to handle SSO in such an
> >> > environment, then they are probably using domain cookies.  The
> >> > problems are exactly the same as the ones Michal listed, plus some
> >> > additional ones specific to domain cookies.
> >>
> >>Right, that does make it difficult.  There's probably work arounds, but
> >>they may be browser-specific.  Wildcard cookies, cookies set to other
> >>origins, or somehow setting document.domain back to the base domain
> >>after the initial page load might help, but some would probably present
> >>the same problem.
> >>
> >>The web was never designed for complex application development.  At
> >>least, web standards aren't.  Use a real VPN.
> >>
> >>cheers,
> >>tim
> >>
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