From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 11:30:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C1116A4D5 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:30:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com (dagney.celestial.com [192.136.111.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EEAE43D46 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:30:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 1B89A11E8B0; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:30:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:30:23 -0800 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd@celestial.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040310193023.GA94632@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd@celestial.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040310190302.GA93293@alexis.mi.celestial.com> <20040310191447.86368.qmail@web60302.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040310191447.86368.qmail@web60302.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: Server access using Samba from out side LAN. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:30:23 -0000 On Wed, Mar 10, 2004, samy lancher wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. The XP system outside our LAN is not in another > LAN. It is just an individual system. So does it work the same > for this system. Could you please refer any good manual to achieve my > goal. There are IPSec clients that run on XP that will connect to the LinkSys and similar VPN boxes from Netgear and others. As a general rule, no Windows box should ever be connected directly to the Internet as there are far too many ways for worms to access the Microsoft virus, Windows with a direct connection. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. -- Frederick Douglass