Commercial VPN packages probably offer the best balance between cost and
complexity.
Although IPSEC and SSH are better solutions, here is roughly how simple it
is to set up a VPN using PPTP.
** on the server
install "Point to Point Tunneling Protocol"
(you can select more than one concurrent session)
after rebooting, configure Remote Access Service
(adding all the VPN virtual modems for DIAL-IN only)
(note that the VPN virtual modems all use the same configuration)
** on the firewall
make sure you pass inbound TCP/1723 to the server
** on the remote
install "Point to Point Tunneling Protocol"
(you can select more than one concurrent session)
after rebooting, configure Remote Access Service
(adding all the VPN virtual modems for DIAL-OUT)
create a DUN entry for the server
specifying it's IP address as the telephone number
(this may be an issue here if the server is behind NAT)
dial the server
----- Original Message -----
From: suchitra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> please could you'll tell me how to do the same using VPN, or could you
point
> me to some doc or info ,using which i can do the same.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Gillett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > On 22 Dec 99, at 10:02, Tim Uckun wrote:
> >
> > > I need to mount a drive from a NT machine inside a NATed firewall
> > > to an NT machine outside the network. Does anybody have a pointer
> > > on dealing with NT specific problems when dealing with firewall.
> > > Anybody know which ports an NT machine uses for PDC/BDC traffic or
> > > drive sharig?
> >
> > I'd use a VPN tunnel for this, rather than allow raw NetBIOS
> > through the firewall. VPN creates the illusion that the external
> > machine is in fact on the trusted network.
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