From: mike-newsgroup@-DELETETHISPART-.upcraft.com   
      
   Lei Hu wrote:   
   > Hi there,   
   >   
   > I learnt from documents that to run VPN on a win2k/2k3 server, it needs two   
   > network cards: one connected to the Internet, and one to the LAN. That's   
   > fine, and I understand this. However, our 2k3 server has only one NIC, and   
   > we configured the VPN, and it's working fine. Saying that, I'd still like to   
   > know if there's any problem (mainly security issues I guess) with this   
   > solution. Hope your Experts can explain to me. Thanks!   
   >   
   > This is what we have. We have about 20 machines with one win2k3 server, all   
   > networked. The server functions as the domain controller, terminal server,   
   > file server, etc.. And we have an ADSL modem with built in router for the   
   > broadband connection. I think this is a typical network structure in today's   
   > small businesss company.   
   >   
   > Now we have a new branch in a different suburb, and people there would like   
   > to access the data and use the terminal service in the main branch. So we   
   > configured the 2k3 server to add VPN services. We then modified the   
   > modem/router configuration to open the VPN port (actually, this is the only   
   > port opened). Everything is working fine to me. But back to my question   
   > above, is there any security pitfall with this? Or, do you guys have any   
   > other smarter ideas to achieve this?   
   >   
   > Thanks!!   
   >   
   > Lei   
      
   This setup is fine.  You usually need 2 network cards if the server is   
   providing the internet accesss to the rest of the network (acting as the   
   router).   
      
      
      
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