Question Description
Hello,
VPNs are essentially network devices and subject to many of the same security issues you would find in a router or a switch. If you are running a software VPN, then your VPN can have many of the issues you find on your network’s servers.
A hardware VPN solution can suffer from a number of security vulnerabilities, including:
Weak default password
Insecure default configuration or misconfiguration by the installer
Based on your text discuss the following potential weaknesses of VPN implementations.
Denial of service attacks:
Missing patches:
Backdoor attacks:
Unpublished vulnerability in the code:
Weak client security:
Weak authentication:
Hairpinning:
Credential sharing:
Tags: computer science cyber security network devices software VPN security issues