[Asterisk-Users] * and Cisco routers

[Ronald R. McDaniel]

ACL's are no way near as secure as firewalls and VPNs.  ACLs only look at
IP address and ports.  Spoof the IP address and find out the port and you
can get in.  I am not saying that this would be an easy task, it would be
pretty difficult to do under most situations.  Typically we use ACLs along
with our firewalls when implementing security solutions for our customers.


brian k. west
> I personally think firewalls are a stopgap measure for the real problem.
> A
> firewall and VPN are not a fool proof method of protection.  Fix the real
> problem instead of hiding it.  I usually dont use a real firewall but ACLs
> and other similar methods to lock down where/who can access a box.  As for
> cisco routers we use ACL's to lock those where the asterisk box is the
> only
> one that can access it.
>
> bkw
>


Ronald R. McDaniel
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