From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Dec 11 12:55:19 2000 From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 12:55:17 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from arthur.tacni.net (mail.tacni.net [216.178.136.165]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C298F37B400 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:55:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 80635 invoked by alias); 11 Dec 2000 20:55:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO tacni.net) (207.55.167.32) by arthur.tacni.net with SMTP; 11 Dec 2000 20:55:05 -0000 Message-ID: <3A353F35.55061AAB@tacni.net> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:55:17 -0600 From: Tom ONeil Reply-To: tom.oneil@instantisp.net Organization: InstantISP.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Free Subject: SMB over internet Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anyone ever allow SMB to be used, either NT or Samba, for a server? I have a client who wants to share a database with remote employees. My gut reaction is no, but I don't know the protocol well enough to detail why it's a bad idea and what alternatives to offer. Tom -- Thomas J. ONeil tom.oneil@instantisp.net If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? ~Albert Einstein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message