ok fair enuf. clearly if u r not behind a router and/or
firewall, u shud only enable print/file sharing if you've
done the 'unbinding dance' and only permit the sharing to be
done with something other than tcp/ip (namely netbeui).
but let me see if i understand you/this correctly:
with vnc, to let the outside world connect to various
machines behind a router, u would forward say port 5800 to
192.168.0.1 and 5801 to 192.168.0.2 and so on. IF one
wanted to use the mapped drive idea, and if that entails
opening port 138, how would u go about assigning the other
machines in the LAN? IOW, i doubt that its 138 for
192.168.0.1 and 139 to 192.168.0.2 etc.
lastly, if one is using vnc, is ftp the generally accepted
way to handle file xfer? or should i be exploring win 2000
vpn (or something else)? thanks...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 4:05 PM
Subject: RE: mapping a remote drive
> I see thousands more scans against port 138 than I do
against port 5800 or
> 5900. Yes, if you limit your exposure, that's true and
you absolutely have
> to have good passwords that are changed often. And you
have to make
> absolutely sure that you haven't forgotten to patch
something that leaves
> port 138 vulnerable to a known hack.
>
> Just because port 138 is well known, it scares me to open
it more than VNC.
> There are lots more attempts against port 138 than VNC.
>
> Lyle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Rothman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 2:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: mapping a remote drive
>
>
> 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?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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