Security Basics: RE: basic VPN question

["Bruyere, Michel" <mbruyere () ezemcanada com>]

Hi, 
        Actually what I do is to connect from the office to my personnal LAN using the VPN. Im the only user and im 
connecting from a secured environnement (corporate LAN) and a hardenned laptop.
All I wanted to do is to use the local (corporate) gateway to get to the internet instead of using my personnal 
connection.

So in this case, no it doesn't jeopardize the security. 


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Tod Hegstrom [mailto:THegstrom () POSTINT COM]
> Envoyé : Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:48 PM
> À : security-basics () securityfocus com
> Objet : RE: basic VPN question
>
> If you do what you are suggesting, aren't you establishing a dual tunnel?
>
> Doesn't this then create a hacker route around the corporate firewalls
> that are in place to protect you?