Not neccessary true. you can route netbios with dlsw. as to the
checkpoint, it can be done.
_ming
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Christopher J. Witter wrote:
> Netbios can't be routed so unless you are using a VPN to bridge the two
> networks together than and they are then on the same IP subnet then this
> isn't possible.
>
> Christopher Witter
> MCSE, MCP +Internet, ICIS, IIAE
>
> Windows NT Crashed.
> I am the Blue Screen of Death.
> No one hears your screams.
>
> On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, pdmallya wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > A department in my company wants to permit PC's in our network to access
> > files in machines on an external network using Netbios file-sharing. I'm
> > being told that this does not open any loopholes in our security, because:
> > (a) we can connect our network to the external one using a Checkpoint
> > Firewall, with a rule permitting NBT connections from our internal PCs to
> > the external machines containing the files. There will be no rule permitting
> > a reverse connection.
> > (b) there will be no shared disks on our network, and the Checkpoint rules
> > will enforce this.
> > (c) ergo, our network is not exposed in any way.
> >
> > I am not quite convinced - can anyone give me some more information or
> > pointers on this?
> >
> > TIA & Regards
> >
> > Prabhakar D. Mallya
> >
> >
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