OT:Multifunction Printers: The Forgotten Security Risk

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Bill Campbell wrote:

> I've been doing secure network printing for the better part of 20 years
> using secure shell to transfer print jobs between *nix systems.
> 
> We also use OpenVPN, IPSec, etc. to connect remote sites securely which
> makes it easy to handle remote printing direct to the printers as well.

Please be specific; I really am interested. Are you protecting data over 
the "last leg", from a local server, say, to a network connected printer? 
Do you avoid this issue by connecting the printer directly to the server? 
Or what?

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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