Re: [PCTECH] VPN questions

["Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Plus it isn't like you can't manually over ride the routing tables on your
desktop anyway.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 4:55 PM
Subject: RE: [PCTECH] VPN questions


> > -----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...;-)