From: "Geo" 

It depends on what they mean by "it has a public IP address". All
my servers have a public IP address at netlink but the SQL server can't
talk to anything outside netlink.

It is something to be concerned about but without knowing the exact setup I
can't say if it's a high or low risk.

Geo.

"Ellen K."  wrote in message
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> Meanwhile the guy who is now in charge of all the infrastructure stuff
> came back from vacation and I found out that we have NO IDEA what's
> actually going on behind the eOn router, i.e. for all we know maybe that
> SQL Server has a public IP address.  I was astounded to learn that we
> can't see anything about it.   NetworkGuy had told me that box is behind
> our firewall... but if that's the case, AND it has a public IP address,
> then I think we are vulnerable, right?

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