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Conference noted::seal

Title:	SEAL

Moderator:	GALVIA::SMITH

Created:	Mon Mar 21 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1989
Total number of notes:	8209

1763.0. "NTP through customers firewall" by GUIDUK::MCCANTA () Mon Feb 03 1997 13:17

    
    I hope that this is the write conference.  I have a customer whose
    firewall expert left and they are now faced with a request and they
    don't know the implications.  Neither do I. This customer has a manager
    who wants to run the Dimension 4 SNTP agent on his PC and get the time
    off the net.  Their firewall blocks the port being used (I believe its
    123) and the manager wants it opened up.  The security guy (tag you're
    it!) doesn't know what the risks are in doing this.  Given the
    situation, is is resonable safe to open the port?  Should (can) they
    limit the nodes it can talk to?  What would you advise?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1763.1		QUICHE::PITT	Alph a ha is better than no VAX!	`Wed Feb 05 1997 08:42`	5
	Don't open the firewall. The internal machines should point to ntp on the firewall as their time source ... T