Firewall @ remote location
Danilo Dessi
ddessi at ibm.net
Tue Oct 26 19:17:25 EDT 1999
I am planning a "VPN" to connect a bank's head office with a small rep. office. My question regards firewalls. Since there will only be one computer at the rep office it is very hard to justify a firewall which can cost more than the computer. The rep office will have a DSL connection to the Internet. I would like to know if there are other considerations other than the fact that the line is always up why I should have a firewall at the remote location. In other words is there more risk (exposure to hackers) at the rep office compared with a telecommuter who dials up from a remote connection and then hangs-up when he/she is finished working? Can a hacker actually gain access to the head office LAN by comprimising the computer located at the rep. office?
Thank you to all replies,
Danilo
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