On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Craig White wrote: > Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 22:54:10 -0700 > From: Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: JLB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Samba] Firewall piercing - The Specified network name is no > longer available. > > On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 00:11 -0500, JLB wrote: > > Please read my points on this sort of "solution" in the past. The whole > > REASON I want to use Plain Vanilla SMB is so I can walk up to ANY Windoze > > machine on the entire flippin' Internet and go: > > > > Start > > Run > > \\IP_ADDRESS\sharename > > (username) > > (password) > > > > POOF. > ---- > and if you do that - someone else will 'poof' that machine before you > can do it
Precisely how "0wnable" is a SPARC64 running a recent version of OpenBSD, with a recent version of Samba and a password-protected share, using a non-dictionary-word password? > ---- > > > > If I have to install anything, the whole point is moot. > > > ---- > seems like an idea that was DOA - moot is probably besides the point > > Craig > We're not talking about exposing a flippin' Win98 box to this traffic. You've yet to explain how/why my box is a security risk, with the software profile I've outlined for it. -- J. L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
