Comments on: VPN: LAN access

By: TomLiotta

TomLiotta — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:19:40 +0000

…I don’t want to hack anything and I don’t want to make somthing not ethical…

We don’t think you intend anything like that, but it should be clear that it could be interpreted as unethical by your customer. Your obligation is to avoid even the appearance of unethical behavior.

I was thinking if it is passible to split my network and connect to VPN in one portion and continue working on internet in the other one,…

Splitting your network is not the same as having your single system actively holding two different connections. That is specifically what the customer’s policy forbids for whatever reason. You’re stuck with respecting that requirement regardless of the inconvenience, or it’ll become “unethical”.

Respecting customer policies is part of ethics. Circumventing this policy probably isn’t illegal and perhaps isn’t even morally wrong. But because it goes against customer expectations, it is “unethical”, i.e., outside of ethical.

A second system, perhaps a virtual one, seems to be a reasonableresolution.

Tom

By: webluca

webluca — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:12:58 +0000

Of course I don’t want to hack anything and I don’t want to make somthing not ethical… I was thinking if it is passible to split my network and connect to VPN in one portion and continue working on internet in the other one, or something similar. I made something similar using windows virtual pc, but I don’t need an entire virtual machine, it’s enought to have a virtual adapter…

By: BigKat

BigKat — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:17:10 +0000

You want a work-around? The only one we’ll provide, as this is an ethical website, is to have a second (perhaps older) PC running that is logged into the Internet. You can browze and email from there to your heart’s content without having to hack your customer’s network and policies.
And if I was your customer and you knowingly circumvented my network, the best you could hope for is the loss of my business. Think lawsuits!

By: TomLiotta

TomLiotta — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:24:17 +0000

The VPN administrator told me that the VPN is configured in this way and the rule cannot be modified for policy reason.

If it is policy and set by an administrator, we can’t help to circumvent it. A policy setting would probably have a valid business reason (especially if it’s a known setting). However, if a vulnerability is found that leaves a hole open, we’ll gladly help the administrator close it.

Tom