RE: [PCTECH] VPN questions

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Scott Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 4:40 PM
>
> Route 1: Work stuff thru VPN.
> Route 2: Play stuff directly to home connection.
>
> If you make changes so that this works, you are opening a
> security hole to your company.  Basically anybody who can
> get to your pc thru route 2 can then access your company
> thru the route 1.  This is why most if not all network
> admins will set it up so that once you start the VPN, you
> can't access route 2.  If you truly have a business need
> to access the Internet while using the VPN, have the admin
> change it so that you can surf thru the VPN.  This is the
> most secure way as far as the company is concerned.  Except
> for those cases when you have a virus on your home computer
> and you start up that VPN connection...;-)

Ah, is this what John meant when he said "I am not going to argue the
security issue of doing this"?

What if I'm connecting via a router/firewall at home?  That way, no one on
the outside can get to my PC, therefore the company is protected.

db