In article <MPG.1e13c30bad53402198999a@msnews.microsoft.com>,
kiln@brick-like.com says...
> I'm not a network person so I don't have a lot of exposure. What's
> interesting about this is that at the end of the day, a ts setup as
> you've outlined would seem to be more secure than most websites that
> deal with important matters (etrade, online banking etc), even if they
> use https etc. No public websites use vpn/ip addresses. So it makes me
> wonder, in my case, since there is no corporate lan at risk, is the vpn
> needed? The server would contain data that is less sensitive than an
> online bank.

Ask yourself this - does your connection, firewall/vpn or not, have any
undisclosed or unknown holes that might allow the public to access some
part of the solution that you don't want them to access?

If you can not answer the question with a NO and feel 100% sure that
it's true, then you need to look at your exposure risk - what if someone
gets into the system and has complete access?

Why would you host a TS box at another location and not provide any
services?

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