yes..clearly it means opening a port, but with a smart
password, is it any different that opening a port for VNC or
ftp for that matter?
in fact, if u only open one drive or one directory to the
world, might it not be even safer?
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From: "Lyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:27 PM
Subject: RE: mapping a remote drive
> That means opening up netbios to the world(port 138). NOT
a smart idea.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Rothman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 9:02 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: mapping a remote drive
>
>
> with vnc, when you want to talk to machine(x) which is
> behind a router, the router needs to be set to forward
port
> 590x to machine(x).
>
> presumably this is also true with mapping a drive (using
win
> 2000 pro)
> on a machine behind a router, but the syntax is not
obvious
> to
> me. i would think it's an argument to the \\server\share
> syntax. does anyone know what it is? thanks..
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