On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 06:23:39PM +0100, Martin Feeney mentioned:
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:57:03 John P. Looney wrote:
> > Now, if I want to NAT say filesharing etc. - what ports do I need ? What
> > are the others there for ?
> Ports 137-139 should be enough. You probably don't even need all three as
> one of them is probably broadcast only, so won't leave your subnet anyway.
I still don't see the NATted boxes in "network neighbourhood". Now, if
the external IP on the NAT box is on my local network, will the broadcast
be sent through anyway ? Or would I need to be doing proxy arp messing to
see broadcasts propagated through the NAT box (so, make a network bridge,
rather than NAT) ?
> Is any part of this filesharing going to go on over public IP space? If
> so, are you mad? Excellent way to get rooted (or the win2k version -
> Administratored, I suppose).
>> If you want to do any NT/Win2k sharing over the internet, you should
> really look into an encrypted P-t-P tunnel (poptop/pptp, ipsec(freeswan),
> DIY vpn over ssh, etc.).
Yeah, yeah. I'll do that later. Well, it's more for customers, really. If
they really want to do it...and they are told about the risks...
Kate
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