[Samba] Access to shares for authenticated domain users only

Andrew Bartlett abartlet at samba.org
Fri Mar 28 23:06:43 GMT 2003


On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 09:57, Barry, Christopher wrote:
> You could setup shorewall (iptables) to only allow authorized mac 
> addresses to access the server. This would prevent a valid user from
> accessing the data from an unauthorized machine.

MAC addresses, like IP addresses, are easily changed...

The only secure computer is turned off, disconnected from the world,
under 5 feet of concrete with an armed guard standing on top.  And then
somebody will probably just bribe the guard...

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett                                 abartlet at pcug.org.au
Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team  abartlet at samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College   abartlet at hawkerc.net
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