Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> The Internet has no way of knowing that you own 10.251.46.xxx, so the tech
> couldn't have accessed your private addresses from the outside world.
>
> What possibly happened is maybe the tech telnetted and logged on to your
> router, if he has the password to do that, and from there was able to
> telnet/ping to your internal network.

Yes, MCI has the passwords to our routers.  After all, they are responsible
for monitoring our network 24x7 (we pay them to manage the network for us).
Since they are "trusted", I don't see the big deal here.

Jim Phillips                            Manager of Information Systems
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]     Therm-O-Link, Inc.
Phone: (330) 527-2124                   P. O. Box 285
  Fax: (330) 527-2123                   10513 Freedom Street
  Web: http://www.tolwire.com  Garrettsville, Ohio  44231