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Date:      Mon, 24 Sep 2001 06:10:46 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        horio shoichi <horio@pointer-software.com>
Cc:        Stanley Hopcroft <Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.gov.au>, FreeBSD-Security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Policy based routing/restricting access __inside__ ones  net..
Message-ID:  <200109241311.f8ODBMd08884@cwsys.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Sep 2001 03:43:53 %2B0900." <3BAE2D69.F8A82FE4@pointer-software.com> 

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In message <3BAE2D69.F8A82FE4@pointer-software.com>, horio shoichi 
writes:
> Stanley Hopcroft wrote:
> > 
> > Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
> > 
> > I am writing to ask for advice about providing profile dependent access
> > to subsets of ones internal network.
> > 
> > The context is having third parties access the network for maintenance.
> > 
> > Once they get logged in on the host they are hired to maintain, how can
> > I prevent them accessing other hosts while allowing __some__ access to
> > others they may need for problem resolution ? (given that both sets of
> > hosts can be specified)
> > 
> > Can a Kerberos realm enforce access profiles such as these (and then if
> > they were forced to use only kerberised applications, grant them tickets
> > for access to some hosts only) ?
> > 
> If you mean by realm to split servers into possibly overlapping set of 
> realms each of which has separate set of principals (users and services)
> and
> users access servers through cross-realm authentication, I see no reason
> it
> doesn't work.
> 
> > Can ipfilter/ipfw provide ACLs depending on user ?
> > 
> Ipfilter is so low level that it has no notion of user. It only
> recognizes
> protocol, ip and port. If a user (or users) could be bound to a specific
> set of protocol, ip and port corresponding to an instance of service,
> then access control might be possible. But I doubt doing this would
> worth efforts.

Don't forget the IPFW will only be able to filter depending on user 
only if the user is on the system doing the filtering.  If you have a 
separate firewall system, access control based on user is close to 
impossible.


Regards,                         Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                        Fax:  (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, ITSD
Ministry of Management Services
Province of BC




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