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Date:      Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:46:31 -0500
From:      Eric Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net>
To:        Scott Rothgaber <scott@palmetto.tv>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: File Server
Message-ID:  <8FCDFFAE-1CA0-11D9-801E-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net>
In-Reply-To: <416BFE4D.8010402@palmetto.tv>
References:  <416BFE4D.8010402@palmetto.tv>

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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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