Re: securing a segment of a network

[Adam Pal <pal_adam () gmx net>]

Hello Roger,

What exactly was your security gain from physicaly split the network?
It would also help if you can specify what security requirement should
be satisfied.

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Best regards,
 Adam Pal   


Monday, March 1, 2010, 8:15:27 PM, you wrote:

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RDV> Im facing a problem here in my network. Due to an auditory, some years
RDV> ago I had physically split my network in 2, with 2 windows domains. One
RDV> network is for administrative tasks: accoutning, etc. The second, for
RDV> the educational side of my office.
RDV> Here is the problem. When we were ordered to do so, we didnt took into
RDV> cosideration that we didnt and  we would never have the resources to
RDV> keep 2 domains operating with some decent reliability. For example, I
RDV> just have one domain controller for each domain. I do not have and I
RDV> wont be allowed to buy more domain controllers. When one domain
RDV> controller breaks, or windows fails (yes, I have seen Windows 2000
RDV> shutdown and never wake up again without any cause) the whole domain is
RDV> lost.
RDV> So, Im planning to join both domains in a single one, but I need some
RDV> sort of protection for the PCs running accounting tasks so I can please
RDV> the future auditors.  what can you recommend?



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