File Server

[Eric Crist]

On Oct 12, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Scott Rothgaber wrote:

> Good Morning!
>
> Here at the shop, there is a mixture of W2K workstations and FreeBSD 
> 4.10 servers. Is there a non-NetBIOS file server that runs on FreeBSD 
> that will allow access to files from the windows clients?
>
> We're already using samba, but I don't allow any NetBIOS traffic 
> through our firewall. I'd like to be able to work on files while I'm 
> at home.
>
> Thanks!
> Scott

If I were you, I would setup a VPN.  Using MPD (available in ports), 
you can set up a PPTP VPN connection, and only allow traffic through 
the VPN.  This is what I do.  I have my laptop setup to automatically 
connect when I try to connect to my VPN IP addresses.

HTH
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Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks
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