VPN?

[Oren Levy]

Actually, my experience is that by and large users are
really dumb; I make no distinction between
unintelligent and too lazy to think--the result is the
same. :) 

I never considered using plain old file sharing and
only considered a true (secure) VPN. Even so, I can
see how a VPN accessed from an insecure (home, mobile,
etc.) computer could pose huge security problems. 

Admittedly, my question was tangential, but related,
to Samba as I figured Samba users also have set up
their shares to be remotely accessed. Under Linux it
seems like PopTop is the best solution so far. Setting
up a VPN with Win2k is very easy - but am I to
understand that it is also insecure? 

Thanks...
--- Bill Moran <wmoran at iowna.com> wrote:
> And this is the exact reason that sites get cracked,
> credit card #s
> stolen, etc. Because proper security is "too hard
> for most users."
> I recommend taking a stand. It's much easier to
> fight against the lazy
> (no, not stupid, lazy) users now than to fix the
> fubars after your
> security has been compromised. Scaring them often
> works - you'll find
> that most users are intelligent enough to understand
> but "don't have
> time for this stuff and don't think they should have
> to worry about it."
> Paint them the scenerio of their files being
> compromised in terrible
> ways and they genererally become more compliant.
> A VPN isn't all that hard to set up, and once it is
> you can map drives
> from remote machines just like on any other network.
> Not using a VPN is
> like mailing your passwords across the country in a
> celophane envelope.
> 
> -Bill


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