samba and inetd problems

[Ron Alexander]

I just tested my NT firewalls again at grc.com, and they are cloaked.
However, I am using ZoneAlarm, and it is set up for Low security on the
Local side and High on the internet. As I understand it, the low setting
allows file/printing shares. I have configured my Stratus server IP and my
VPN as part of the local net. I just checked the violation log, and other
than an entry for the grc test I just tried, there are no port 139 incidents
reported in the last week.

As soon as I get a better understanding of browsing, I will be able to
either make it work, or ask more intelligent questions.

Regards,
Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: James Sutherland [mailto:jas88 at cam.ac.uk]
Sent: May 20, 2000 11:43 AM
To: Ron Alexander
Cc: 'Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-TECHNICAL'
Subject: RE: samba and inetd problems


On Sat, 20 May 2000, Ron Alexander wrote:

> AFAIK the firewalls and VPN are all ok. The real problem is my lack of
> understanding of networking. I am slowly learning, and expect to get
> everything working in the next week or so.

I wasn't trying to suggest that the firewalls were "wrong" - it's
perfectly reasonable for them to prevent outsiders trying to access
Windows file sharing on the protected machine! (I'd be complaining if the
firewall did NOT do this, I suspect.)

If you get a VPN tunnel set up so packets between your machine and the
Stratus do not pass through the firewall (except in the "tunnel") you
should find it all works.


James.