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Asked by ryan80 in Networking Security Vulnerabilities, Miscellaneous Security, IPSec Security Protocol
I have a security division denying me access to a network because they say that it is a security risk. I dont believe it is. Can anyone tell me if there is a security risk in this scenario?
I have a management server that runs on a public IP address. Agents are installed on the computers being managed that initiate a connection with the management server. So I only need 1 port to be opened to only my 1 public IP address and it only needs to be opened for outgoing traffic not incoming.
However thier security department is telling me that this is a security risk. They are saying that this opens up their network to attacks. They are fully satisfied that our management server is not a risk, but their security guy is saying that somehow this one port opened for outgoing traffic to my one IP address can be exploited. He cited social engineering as a possible way to gain access.
Now I am not a security expert, but I do not see how someone could exploit this. It is secure communication going out under a unique protocol. It is limited to only outgoing out over one port and only to one IP address. I dont think that this security guy knows what he is talking about, he seems to be more of a big picture guy and subs out to more technical people.
Am I wrong in thinking that this does not open any vulnerabilities?
20091118-EE-VQP-93 - Hierarchy / EE_QW_3_20080625
