vanpelt@unisv.SV.UNISYS.COM (Mike Van Pelt) (11/19/88)
I just started working at a new company, (though I still maintain the Usenet stuff at the local Unisys office, thus the email address), and I was all set to get our Suns up an running on the net when this virus thing hit. My boss wants assurances from me that we won't be leaving our system exposed to any hacker with a modem. (Obviously, at this point, an Internet connection is right out.) What security considerations do I need to deal with for a mail connection? What about with a news feed, are there any other problems to deal with there? (Other than the obvious, of course, make sure that everyone has a password on their account and such.) EMAIL and I'll summarize; messages posted to the newsgroups may get missed, as I only get to read netnews occasionally until I've got it on our Suns, if and when. -- Here lies a Technophobe, Mike Van Pelt No whimper, no blast. vanpelt@sv.unisys.com His life's goal accomplished, Zero risk at last.
ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (11/20/88)
In article <667@unisv.SV.UNISYS.COM>, vanpelt@unisv.SV.UNISYS.COM (Mike Van Pelt) writes: > My boss wants assurances from me that we won't be leaving > our system exposed to any hacker with a modem. If you don't know the answer without having to ask the net, then your systems are vulnerable. -- --Andrew Koenig ark@europa.att.com