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Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN Admin Security


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN Admin Security
  • From: Leonard Isham <leonard.isham@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 17:31:29 -0400

On 8/2/05, Mike Tancsa <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 04:40 PM 02/08/2005, Schlomo Schapiro wrote:
> > > based apps-- both of which could be accommodated via something like
> > Knoppix.
> > > e.g. burn a CD image for each user that they then fully boot from to
> > get VPN
> > > access.
> >
> >Good idea, but how often can you just boot your own OS on somebody else's
> >computer ? Oftenly, computers are locked down against this, anyway.
> 
> The situation I am most concerned about are remote staff with their
> laptops, and users who want to access the office from home.  Both cases are
> the ones with serious issues. With Knoppix (and other similar "apps") it
> does not need any harddrive so you dont need to install and OS on another
> person's computer.

...but current Knoppix CDs have UnionFS...

-- 
Leonard Isham, CISSP 
Ostendo non ostento.

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