[Samba] Re: hosts allow on smb.conf

[Daniel Sung]

Hi,

Can I know if anyone can help me this?

B.Rgds

Daniel Sung
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-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: hosts allow on smb.conf
From: Daniel Sung <dsung at shipco.com>
To: samba at lists.samba.org
Cc: Niklas Palmqvist <npalmqvist at shipco.com>
Date: Thu Feb 15 2007 09:09:33 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)
> Hi,
>
> I have some query about the samba security, we are trying to setup 
> remote map drive for vpn client, since this kind of client connection 
> which using different IP address,  the only way we can do is to set 
> 'hosts allow' to nothing.  We just want to know if this change is 
> risky or not, our samba was setup as a DC, and client computers 
> already join to Linux Domain.  The VPN protocol is using ipsec and the 
> samba is inside the network which has Firewall protected.
>
> Kindly please advice if any comments about that.
>