[LUNI] Making a private network somewhat public.

[Tom Printy]

It is possible but if you were to use some type of firewall then this
helps reduce the likely hood of that happening. A 50.00 linksys firewall
should offer you decent protection. 

-Tom


On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 16:19 -0600, Richard Reina wrote:
> If I allow one machine that is already connected to the internet ( behind a
> router of course) to stay connected to my LAN.  Couldn't my LAN still be
> hacked through that machine (the one that is connected through the
> internet).  Is this likely?
> 
> On Dec 11, 2007 1:47 PM, Tom Printy <tprinty at mail.edisonave.net> wrote:
> 
> > What about using anther system that has internet access to generate the
> > report. You can setup MySQL to only allow this system and the 7 others
> > to access the DB. The report system would hit the MySQL instance and
> > then be allowed to send out the email reports. You should still consider
> > some type of hardware based firewall or turning ip an iptables based
> > firewall on the box that will connect to the Internet.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 13:26 -0600, Richard Reina wrote:
> > > I have a small linux LAN (7 pcs) that runs a homemade database
> > application
> > > (perl mysql).  They've had little if any reason to need to be connected
> > to
> > > the internet and due to my lack of prowess as a system admin and to the
> > fact
> > > that any loss of data or interuption would be very disruptive, I have
> > > elected to keep it that way.  However, there is an increasing need for
> > me to
> > > be able to send reports that are generated by the application via email
> > --
> > > without me having to go to another computer that is connected to the
> > > internet and retype the report.
> > >
> > > Can anyone give me some suggestions on the most secure way to allow
> > access
> > > to sending emails and the level of risk associated with doing so.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any ideas.
> > >
> > > Richard
> >
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