Re: Blocking port 445 ramifications?

2011-03-07 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Jeff Bunting bunting.j...@gmail.com wrote: Having the problem described in KB article 301673 using SMB direct hosting through a NAT device. Why in $DEITY's name are you running SMB across a NAT boundary? The article suggests forcing SMB on NETBIOS over TCP

Re: Blocking port 445 ramifications?

2011-03-07 Thread Jeff Bunting
Good question; it's the same one that came to my mind when presented with this situation. The likely answer is lack of planning, but poorly defined or changing requirements is a possibility. I'm not really sure; I wasn't involved in the planning or implementation of any of this. My initial