Re: [fw-wiz] Tunnel intruder

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"Jim MacLeod" <jmacleodat_private>  said:
> There's a lot of FUD being touted by firewall vendors about the
possibility
> of a home computer being hacked, then the attacker using that computer's
> VPN connection to the office to break into the company network.
>
> I can see this as a possibility and realize that we could easily get into
> an extended discussion of the probability/impossibility/inevitability of
it
> occurring.  I personally want to avoid speculation.
>
> Does anybody know of an actual incident where this attack was used,
> successfully or not?
>
> Thanks,
> -Jim

Wasn't this the source of the compromise in Microsoft's network a couple
years ago?

Josh

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