[ale] SMB options

[James P. Kinney III]

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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