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David Hamm wrote:
> 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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