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RE: Intranet branch security
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>From: David W. Morris[SMTP:dwm@shell.portal.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, 20 August, 1996 06:37
>To: Gloria Farrell
>Cc: 'www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu'
>Subject: Re: Intranet branch security
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>On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Gloria Farrell wrote:
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>> Our company is developing an Intranet. We are using MS IIS running on an
>> NT server. My problem is that we have four other branch locations which we
>> would like to access the Intranet via the Internet. How can we do
>>this and reasonably insure that unauthorized users will be denied
>>access.
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>One approach is some form of IP tunneling. Basically, this means that
>two routers connected to the internet package the traffic to flow
>between
>two intranets inside packets which can be routed between the intranets
>via the internet. I can't recall the vendor, but there was a vendor
>at trade shows I've been at over the past couple years which offered
>routers to do this which included encryption. Sorry I can't be more
>specific, but perhaps this will help you ask the right questions or
>generate another response from the list
Right.
Digital has a product that does this. Check out
http://www.europe.digital.com/info/internet/resources/security/AltaVistaT
unnel.htm
- Kim
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