A candidate for the VPN FAQ. I'm not sure I have the relationship between
NT domain names and NT domain servers correct, though.
A note on Virtual Private Networks and NT Domain Names
If you use PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol) to access a Microsoft
Networking (SMB) environment and have your own Microsoft Networking
environment in your local private network (Samba or Windows), give your
local workgroup a name that does not show up in the remote environment. The
reason is that while your PPTP client is logged into the remote
environment, it will see the remote environment's domain name servers, and
will only see the remote computers in that workgroup.
You should avoid the lazy option. Microsoft ships Windows set up for a
default workgroup name of WORKGROUP. Some people will be lazy and accept
that as their workgroup when they set up their computers. So there is a
good chance that the remote environment will have a workgroup called
WORKGROUP, administrators willing or not.
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