Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Security Handbook

Common Information Security Issues

The following list is by no means a comprehensive list of possible security issues you might face on your network. However, these are the types of attacks and vulnerabilities that can be addressed with the deployment of VPN technologies.

Network "Sniffing"

Since the creation of Telnet, one of the biggest security issues on a network is network traffic passed along the wire as unencrypted, or clear-text, data. Back in the days when TCP/IP was first being written, the Internet was a virtually private network used by universities and researchers. Security was not high on their lists because back then the notion of people intercepting messages didn't exist. This was before business was being conducted; in fact, ...