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crossover cable security

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cindylee

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Dec 10, 2002
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I have 2 win2k3 PC's that live on separate networks - Computer 1 lives on network X and and computer 2 lives on network Y - completely separated. They both have 2 nics. If I use the second nic on each pc to connect them to each other via a crossover cable (using completely different subnet), is there a security implication? IE. is it now possible for Computer 1 to get to Network Y through the crossover connection to Computer 2 and vice versa. If Computer 2 is allowed to Remote Desktop to any computer on Network Y, will Computer 1 be able to Remote Desktop to Computer 2 and then from there - any computer on Network Y?

comp 1 comp 2
network ----- [ ]----------[ ]-------- network
X x-over Y
cable
192.168.50.x 10.10.10.x 192.168.200.x
 
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