All in one fax security

Hello,
The IT department I work for has a no modems policy, including no all in one
network printer/fax machines. Is it possible to secure these all in one
machines so they are safe on the network? Or is it a better idea to not
allow them?

Thanks,

SA

On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:44:43 -0500
"SA" <SA@coxmail.com> wrote:

> The IT department I work for has a no modems policy, including no all
> in one network printer/fax machines. Is it possible to secure these
> all in one machines so they are safe on the network? Or is it a
> better idea to not allow them?

Which part of your security policy could possibly disallow them? Or in
other words, how could such machines threaten your company's security?


Regards,
Ertugrul.


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"SA" <SA@coxmail.com> wrote in news:%%ezj.12203$0M3.10254@newsfe17.lga:

> Hello,
> The IT department I work for has a no modems policy, including no all in
> one network printer/fax machines. Is it possible to secure these all in
> one machines so they are safe on the network? Or is it a better idea to
> not allow them?
>
> Thanks,
>
> SA

It seems like filling either the Ethernet jack and US
or the telephone jacks with epoxy would secure the device.

You want to prevent a computer from using the phone line via the all in
one, fill the phone jacks with epoxy.

You want to use the all in one as a fax machine, scanner and printer, fill
the USB and Ethernet jacks with epoxy.






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From: "SA" <SA@coxmail.com>

| Hello,
| The IT department I work for has a no modems policy, including no all in one
| network printer/fax machines. Is it possible to secure these all in one
| machines so they are safe on the network? Or is it a better idea to not
| allow them?
|
| Thanks,
|
| SA
|

Modems can create "back door" access to untrusted networks and would bypass FireWalls and
other security a coprporation may implement. Dpon't allow them.

All desktop modems should be removed.

If you require Fax, get a Fax Server Service with client software. This way the Fax Server
Service can be shared amongst all workstation with the fax Client installed.

I have used BrookTrout basede fax services.
http://www.cantata.com/products/shared_fax/

The one I used had four fax modems built-in and queued fax jobs.

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On 4 Mar 2008 20:14:05 GMT
Juergen Nieveler <juergen.nieveler.nospam@arcor.de> wrote:

> > Which part of your security policy could possibly disallow them?
>
> The one that says "No networked devices should have modems"?
>
> If the company doesn't trust the devices, then it doesn't want them -
> period.
>
> > Or in other words, how could such machines threaten your company's
> > security?
>
> Are you absolutely and 100% sure that the fax device doesn't have a
> bug that allows data to leak into the LAN? Would you bet all your
> money on it?

Did I ask you for security guidelines, or did I ask 'SA' for his/her
security policy? Please read my post again more carefully. People like
to artifically misunderstand questions to be able to offend.


Regards,
Ertugrul.


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