Re: Linux Network connecting to NT - How?

["Robert Speed" <nospam [at] Viclabs.co.uk>]

On 9 Mar 00, at 21:19, Matthew John Palmer wrote:

> > other little offices around europe, so connecting them via the 
> > internet would also need to be met in the future. The company is 
> 
> This can EASILY be done via Linux, either a part-time link or permanent
> connection.  You can, if the fileserver load isn't too heavy, use the same
> Linux box for both serving and connecting... nifty, huh?
> 
Yes, it's easily done, but I'd counsel against having internal, shared 
files on the same box as your gateway.
Fine, on one hand, if someone's determined enough to get in, they 
will. But from a gut-feeling, I'd have two boxen.
Besides, it's easier to mess one up by adding new patches to 
things, and not stuff up people doing internal work.


Rob S.
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