Hello fellow Anandtechers,
I have a question about IP mapping and how secure it is to prevent hackers on my lan. I have an FTP server using port forwarding, or pinholes, as my router calls it, and a web server using ip mapping. The web server has an internal ip address that is in my lan's network ip range, so it has access to my lan. In the router, I have added an IP Map to my web server's internal IP and mapped it to a static IP address provided by my ISP. So basically, anyone who types in the external static ip adress into their web browser will see my web site stuff. My question is, how easy is it for someone to access my lan's network? Also, is my FTP server at a risk using pinholes, or should I also use IP mapping for the FTP server, which by the way is not using IIS, but just a regular FTP server software. Thanks for the input.
I have a question about IP mapping and how secure it is to prevent hackers on my lan. I have an FTP server using port forwarding, or pinholes, as my router calls it, and a web server using ip mapping. The web server has an internal ip address that is in my lan's network ip range, so it has access to my lan. In the router, I have added an IP Map to my web server's internal IP and mapped it to a static IP address provided by my ISP. So basically, anyone who types in the external static ip adress into their web browser will see my web site stuff. My question is, how easy is it for someone to access my lan's network? Also, is my FTP server at a risk using pinholes, or should I also use IP mapping for the FTP server, which by the way is not using IIS, but just a regular FTP server software. Thanks for the input.
