Dan,
FMP passwords are notoriously easy to crack (there's a password cracker avail. online
for $30 if one is not able to do it by hand) and data is sent in plain text. There is
a plug in by Troi avail. that claims to do some encryption, but I haven't heard how
effective it is. FMP packets can be sniffed.
The word on the street is don't network FMP on the WAN unless you have a good tight
firewall system, a VPN, or completely insensitive data and no enemies. Check the
archives of the FMP listserv at Dartmouth for some more detailed discussion on this
topic.
Matt
At 01:09 PM 11/17/00 -0800, you wrote:
>We have a Netopia R9100 router doing firewall.
>
>I'd like to avoid having to buy static IPs for the branches. So withour
>static IPs for the branches I can't create tunnels, TCP/IP or AURP.
>
>Without implementing tunnels, please comment on the relative security we
>would have: I'm guessing the only thing from preventing unwanted intrusion
>is the FileMaker username and password - are they just sent as plain text,
>or is it possible to encrypt them? Wonder how easy it is to crack.
>
>Plus I guess the TCP/IP packets could be sniffed, though I don't know how
>critical a leak this is, since it would be a "read-only" leak (?).
>
>
>on 11/17/00 10:35 am, Matthew Scholtz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I've tried this briefly, and with standard DSL at both ends (not sure exact
>> numbers for bandwidth) it was fairly pokey but not maddeningly so. Also, I
>> was using peer-to-peer sharing. I expect it would be faster using FMP server
>> (but maybe not).
>>
>> Another concern would be security, I would think. Do you have a firewall?
>> Will your branches have static IP's that you can create tunnels for?
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> At 10:13 AM 11/17/00 -0800, you wrote:
>>> Is anyone sharing eBase over a WAN or the Internet via TCP/IP? (I do not
>>> mean web sharing.)
>>>
>>> What bandwidth connection is needed for this to work well?
>>>
>>> (We currently have a central office with DSL and static IP address that I'd
>>> like to have host eBase, to two branch offices to access it remotely via
>>> TCP/IP. I am considering what bandwidth to purchase for the 2 branch
>>> offices.)
>
>
Matthew Scholtz
Evaluator and IS Coordinator
Health Initiatives For Youth (HIFY)
www.hify.com
