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By Robert Hansen Date: 08/06/2009 Preface: Intranets are intended to be secured from the outside by way of firewalls and other networking devices. Unfortunately, there has been a move towards non publicly-routable address space as a method of protection, rather than other methods of protecting private IP space. This paper will outline a number of flaws that can be exploited by an adversary because of the use of well known non publicly-routable IP address spaces. Overview: One of the principle technologies employed by enterprises is the concept of non publicly-routable IP address space (otherwise known as RFC1918 ).
If your company has people on the road, such as sales or technical people, a VPN is a good method for letting them access data on the company network. Many different VPN solutions can be bought, but many are free. Here, I discuss only solutions you can set up without buying a commercial VPN product.
Bridging Overview See FAQ for an overview of Routing vs. Ethernet Bridging. Ethernet bridging essentially involves combining an ethernet interface with one or more virtual TAP interfaces and bridging them together under the umbrella of a single bridge interface.