[ale] SMB options

[David Hamm]

Finding the servere is not the problem.  The problem is that AllTel has 
blocked port 135 on thier network and the user can't mount the share.  Since 
I have DSL with BellSouth I have no problem and neither do CBeyond customers.  
It is only AllTel and I anticipate more will have this problem in the future 
as ISP's attempt to protect customers from worms.

On Saturday 10 January 2004 03:11 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> No. If all they are doing is downloading a file from an internet server,
> then let use and http get.
>
> If you need more complicated access then consider setting up a wins
> server so the users can find the machine and it's shares.
>
> On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 13:05, David Hamm wrote:
> > Are you saying you can mount shares or access directories and files via
> > HTTP in the same manner as SMB?  The SMB users need the full
> > functionality of an SMB share.
> >
> > On Saturday 10 January 2004 12:14 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > Try a login authenticated web access.
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 11:30, David Hamm wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I have an FTP server sittting on the Internet.  One group of users
> > > > uploads files via FTP the other group downloads those files via SMB.
> > > > Securing SMB communications in most cases is handeled by listing the
> > > > SMB users's IP address in an IPTables rule with a -j ACCEPT.  But
> > > > recently I gained an SMB user an ALLTel's network and ALLTel blocks
> > > > port 135.  The only options I can come up with is eithher FreeSwan or
> > > > PopTop and from recent experiences I'm not excited about using
> > > > either.  I wonder if I could run SMB on another port? Under Linux I
> > > > don't see a problem but the Windows workstations mounting the share
> > > > can't be modified since they also participate in an SMB based LAN. 
> > > > Any suggestions are welcomed.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
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