Is it meanwhile save to use samba over the Internet without using VPN ?
Mit freundlichen Gr??en
Michael M?ssler
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If you trust EVERYONE on the internet, yes you could use Samba on the
internet without using a VPN. Since everyone on the internet is not
trustworthy, it is not a wise idea.
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Tony Hoover, Network Administrator
KSU - Salina, College of Technology and Aviation
(785) 826-2660
"Don't Blend in..."
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Is it meanwhile save to use samba over the Internet without using VPN ?
Mit freundlichen Gr??en
Michael M?ssler
_________________________
Beratung
uhb consulting AG
Chiemseering 1
84427 St. Wolfgang
__________________________
Tel.: 08085/939 131
Fax: 08085/939 - 2131
WEB: www.uhb-consulting.de <http://www.uhb-consulting.de/>
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Registergericht Amtsgericht M?nchen
Handelsregister HRB 134531
Aufsichtsratvorsitzende Claudia Rott
Vorstandsmitglieder Erwin Senner
Thomas Untehaslberger
Stephan Essmeyer
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My Bad, I should hgave said "... Since not everyone on the internet is trustworthy..." :-) ---------------------------------------------- Tony Hoover, Network Administrator KSU - Salina, College of Technology and Aviation (785) 826-2660 "Don't Blend in..." ---------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Volker Lendecke [mailto:Volker.Lendecke at SerNet.DE] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 9:36 AM To: Hoover, Tony Cc: "M?ssler, Michael"; samba at lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] samba and the Internet discussion On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 09:32:05AM -0600, Hoover, Tony wrote:> If you trust EVERYONE on the internet, yes you could use Samba on the > internet without using a VPN. Since everyone on the internet is not > trustworthy, it is not a wise idea.Well, I'd put it a bit differently (I do know some trustworthy people active "on the internet"), but you're right: You definitely want a VPN to tunnel Samba traffic. The Samba/smbclient specific in-band transport encryption unfortunately made it anywhere else so far. With best regards, Volker Lendecke -- SerNet GmbH, Bahnhofsallee 1b, 37081 G?ttingen phone: +49-551-370000-0, fax: +49-551-370000-9 AG G?ttingen, HRB 2816, GF: Dr. Johannes Loxen