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June 3rd, 2009 by Rich H.
It’s every IT person’s dream: you’re lounging on the beach in the Bahamas, sipping piña coladas from a tall glass with the little umbrella, laptop in hand, getting all of your work done remotely. Remote administration grants you the flexibility to turn that dream into reality.
But don’t book that flight without first considering the differences between “administration” and “remote administration.”
Whether your plans including moving to the Bahamas, or even just working from home in your PJs every now and again, we should talk about the security best practices for remote administration that will get you there.
- Use strong passwords for ALL logins.
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Tags: https, remote admin, security, vpn
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April 21st, 2009 by Jason B.
In today’s world, mobility is a must have. Nowadays the Internet is available everywhere, yet many people don’t take advantage of their mobile Internet for anything other then simple web browsing. Why is this? For starters, many people don’t have the security required to access their ‘work’ from locations other than their office. Users often face obstacles due to limitations of older VPN technologies, or more stringent security filtering by Network Administrators at hotels or WiFi Hot Spots.
Older VPN clients based on IPSec required either ESP (protocol 50) or AH (protocol 51) to be opened. In the past, these Administrators would just allow IP any out. These days, limiting access to well known ports is more common. I myself have run into this issue many times over, and my solution is to use SSL based VPNs.
Why would SSL based VPNs help in this case? Well, there are 2 main reasons: Firstly, SSL is a widely used port, so places will not block this (could you imagine the uproar by Web based vendors if this was the case??). Secondly, Cisco offers 3 different levels of SSL VPN depending on the machine you are using, so you don’t have to have administrative access on the machine or the ability to install software.
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Tags: mobile Internet, security, vpn
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