Vpn Firewall Security
VPN and security?
I have a VPN network access with my company (I work from home) so that I can use the PC at work from the comfort of my home.
Today I left my desk for 10 mins and I have setup the firewall to block everything.
I see that the VPN tried to connect to my PC.
Should I be concerned? Is the company going to be able to access my PC the same way I access mine at work through the VPN?
Thanks/regards
I am not sure what you meant by "the VPN tried to connect to my PC". Does it mean some external system tried to connect to some service on your PC? What messages/logs did you see that indicated such a thing happened? Do you know to which service the connection was attempted?
It is not possible to connect to your PC from an external system unless you are running specific services on your PC and the PC's IP address is known to others. In all likelihood, your IP address will be assigned dynamically when you connect to your ISP and the chances of it being known to others is pretty slim.
But there are malicious programs out there which probe systems on the Internet to see if they have any security vulnerabilities. What you saw may be one such attack. I suggest you should inform the IT folks at your company about this incident.
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