dandantheitman wrote:
> On 01/03/06, Haider Tuaima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> and for security reasons
> > file sharing is done via NWLinkIPX and not TCP/IP, my server is the only
> > one serving files (Samba) via TCP/IP.
> >
>
> Haider,
>
> Glad to hear that you have ended your silence, and am hoping to see a
> return of Executrain as a venue for the LUG. Very cool project, and I
> shall make a mental note with regards to your findings.
>
> However, the above statement is a little 'dodgy' Your company has a
> policy of using ipx / spx for security reasons, yet you have broken
> policy with the tcp/ip. Why not implement ipx on the linux box, so as
> to avoid getting yourself in trouble with management. However I am
> not really one to conform to corperate standards so carry on
> regardless mate, your next mission, should you choose to accept it, is
> a migration of the executrain mail server to exchange 5.5 to an open
> source mail app.
>
> daN
>
Dan,
NWLinkIPX - MS version of IPX/SPX is the protocol, here they stopped
TCP/IP sharing services, so in order to reach our domain server it has
to be via NWLink/NetBios combo, TCP/IP port 80 is the only port allowed
for Windows users, not to mention that Windows users are very restricted
in stuff they can do, they're not allowed to change their desktop
wallpaper, when asked why, the admin responded it's safer that way, and
I totally agree with since were having much less problems.
Yes I have (successfully) broken the policy of using TCP/IP but that's
on Linux, my Linux has been on for more than 2 years with minimal
shutdown, if you remember I used SuSE 9.1/9.2 before, then I switched
back to (my old favorite) Mandriva 2005LE, not only did I "break the
policy" but my Linux box is proudly connected directly to the web with a
public IP.
I didn't succeed in implementing IPX on Linux because I couldn't find a
solution to linking to a Windows domain server with NWLink, I guess if
it was Netware with IPX I wouldn't have had a problem.
ExecuTrain will always welcomes DubaiLUG meetings as long long I'm here!
8^)
Haider
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