samba and inetd problems

[James Sutherland]

On Fri, 19 May 2000, Ron Alexander wrote:

> I don't know the details of the bug(s) in inetd or the stcp stack in
> general.
> 
> I do know, that swat is now working for the 1st time! This is a bonus!
> 
> Keep in mind that the connection looks like this:
> 
> >From my NT4.0 SP6a thru 2 firewalls on my PC(ZoneAlarm and AtGuard) out the
> @home cable network thru? a hardware firewall (VPN, RADIUS) to the Stratus.
> 
> I have been able to update files on the Stratus from my PC, but nothing
> works in the other direction. I think it has something to do with browsing
> etc., but I am not sure. I am going to attempt to put a Linux firewall at
> the cable modem, and create a network behind it of my NT Workstation and a
> new NT4.0 server. The server can become the Master Browser? and hopefully
> allow browsing from the Stratus back to my PC.

So Samba works when you connect to the Stratus, but not when the Stratus
connects to you?

I'd guess the firewalls are blocking out the incoming access when the
Stratus tries to access your NT box; setting up, say, a PPP tunnel between
the two sites should avoid that without poking any holes in the firewall.


James.