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- <li><em>date</em>: Sun Jan 11 12:17:14 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu (Jonathan Glass)</li>
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HTH
Jonathan Glass
> Well, I guess that seals it, there's no easter egg to found for this one.
> I'll continue using IPTables and begin adding a -j ACCEPT for PPTP. Boy,
> PopTop put up a good fight last time I tried it. Guess it's going to be a
> long day.
>
> Thanks for the input everyone.
>
> On Saturday 10 January 2004 11:17 pm, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 03:50:47PM -0500, David Hamm wrote:
>> > Finding the servere is not the problem. The problem is that AllTel
>> has
>> > blocked port 135 on thier network and the user can't mount the share.
>> > Since I have DSL with BellSouth I have no problem and neither do
>> CBeyond
>> > customers. It is only AllTel and I anticipate more will have this
>> problem
>> > in the future as ISP's attempt to protect customers from worms.
>>
>> You got that right. Even Microsoft now recommends, in some of their
>> knowledge base articles, to block ports 135-139,1433,1434 plus several
>> others, both tcp&udp, from the general network. These are NOT protocols
>> which are appropriate for access over the internet in general. You want
>> these connections, set up a VPN. Too much trouble? Then mirror the
>> server
>> to a box behind a firewall and let them get at it there. Or enable the
>> uploads to a box in a DMZ to which the users have access (through a VPN
>> or otherwise).
>>
>> > On Saturday 10 January 2004 03:11 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
>> > > No. If all they are doing is downloading a file from an internet
>> > > server, then let use and http get.
>> > >
>> > > If you need more complicated access then consider setting up a wins
>> > > server so the users can find the machine and it's shares.
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 13:05, David Hamm wrote:
>> > > > Are you saying you can mount shares or access directories and
>> files
>> > > > via HTTP in the same manner as SMB? The SMB users need the full
>> > > > functionality of an SMB share.
>> > > >
>> > > > On Saturday 10 January 2004 12:14 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
>> > > > > Try a login authenticated web access.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 11:30, David Hamm wrote:
>> > > > > > Hello,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I have an FTP server sittting on the Internet. One group of
>> > > > > > users uploads files via FTP the other group downloads those
>> files
>> > > > > > via SMB. Securing SMB communications in most cases is handeled
>> by
>> > > > > > listing the SMB users's IP address in an IPTables rule with a
>> -j
>> > > > > > ACCEPT. But recently I gained an SMB user an ALLTel's network
>> > > > > > and ALLTel blocks port 135. The only options I can come up
>> with
>> > > > > > is eithher FreeSwan or PopTop and from recent experiences I'm
>> not
>> > > > > > excited about using either. I wonder if I could run SMB on
>> > > > > > another port? Under Linux I don't see a problem but the
>> Windows
>> > > > > > workstations mounting the share can't be modified since they
>> also
>> > > > > > participate in an SMB based LAN. Any suggestions are welcomed.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Thanks.
>> > > > > >
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<li><strong><a name="00374" href="msg00374.html">[ale] SMB options</a></strong>
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<li><strong><a name="00384" href="msg00384.html">[ale] SMB options</a></strong>
<ul><li><em>From:</em> ale at spinnerdog.com (David Hamm)</li></ul></li>
<li><strong><a name="00401" href="msg00401.html">[ale] SMB options</a></strong>
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<li><strong><a name="00416" href="msg00416.html">[ale] SMB options</a></strong>
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