I didn't mean to imply that the mail server was using mapped drives, but
rather that its drives were mapped for use by other PCs. In the original
discussion, the suggestion was to have a separate anti-virus PC scanning the
mail server by accessing it through mapped drives. This is where I
objected. Other than that, you and I are in synch.
Someone told me that it's possible to use mapping without NetBios in an
all-Win2k network. I don't know how that would work, but it would be nice.
This entire discussion brings up an interesting point: how do people
configure their public IMail servers to be secure? Does everyone turn off
NetBios, and if so, how do they handle file access (such as copying new
files) to the mail server? If they don't turn off NetBios, what do they do
for protection? Or does everyone not worry about this at all?
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Virus Programs
>
> >My concern with this solution is mapping the drives.
>
> If you run a mail system with network drives, then your concern should
also
> be performance, since network volumes are a lot slower than locals.
>
> MS Networking, afaik, always runs on the NetBIOS API, either with NetBEUI
> or tcp/ip transport.
>
> Mapping netbios drives through a firewall sounds like raping the
> firewall. As you seem to appreciate, NetBIOS is extremely dangerous on a
> public servers.
>
> Len
>
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