And the alternative is, "send everything in clear text?", or the ever-
popular, "don't connect!" Pure drivel.
It seems that all this report confirms is that, given choices for
identity and authentication, people will always choose poorly.
The reason VPNs come under fire is that they've been overhyped and as
a result, what the technologies actually do accomplish is undermined
by the unrealistic expectations any "panacea" accrues.
On 2 Feb 2005 at 19:20, R. DuFresne wrote:
>
> We asked about a year and a half ago <maybe two years ago even...> a
> number of folks on and off this list if our prediction that the use of
> VPN's resulted in our suspected hypothoses that 75% or more of all the
> VPN solutions in place actually did little or nothing to protect
> assests for those employing them, well, the precentage we claimed at
> the time should perhaps be boosted to 90%+ now eh:
>
>
> February 01, vnunet.com - Virtual private networks (VPNs) are often
> the weakest security link, study says. A three-year research project
> by securityfirm NTA Monitor has concluded that nine out of 10 virtual
> private networks(VPNs) have exploitable vulnerabilities. Most of the
> companies that had their VPNs tested as part of the project thought
> that they were invulnerableto hackers, but researchers found the same
> types of flaw repeated across the whole product range. The report
> stated that, in some cases, VPNs were actually the weakest security
> link in an organization. The most widespread flaw involved the hacking
> of user names. Other vulnerabilities center around password cracking.
> Report: http://www.nta-monitor.com/news/vpn-flaws/index.htm Source:
> http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160912
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Ron DuFresne
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> admin & senior security consultant: sysinfo.com
> http://sysinfo.com
>
> ...Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to rules.
> The most any of us can do is sign on as it's accomplice. Instead of
> vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That
> would mean that security is out of the question. The words "make" and
> "stay" become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached.
> I love you for free...
> -Tom Robins <Still Life With Woodpecker>
>
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