Re: [cobalt-users] Security on Qube2

[Malcolm McLeary <mmcleary@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Michael,

on 21/2/01 2:27 AM, Michael Moody at mmoody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> The Linksys router has been set to route the mail, web, and appleshare tcp
> ports to the cube and filemaker ports to the NT server.
> 
> Is hiding my network behind private ip numbers enough? What advice to you
> have?

Security is always a compromise between cost and exposure/risk.

IMHO putting a Qube behind another device which maps specific ports through
to the Qube is a good configuration for the money spent.  If you have only
mapped web, mail, and AppleshareIP through to the Qube a would be hacker has
very little to work with.  There may be vulnerabilities in these services,
but if they were breached there is little they could do as no other ports
would be accessible ... they would have to break into the Linksys router as
well and change its configuration.

WRT data security, you are still relying on password strength.

The secret to security is to have multiple independent barriers.

Cheers,  Malcolm