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From: Bob Willey <bob@ccs.COM>
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Just got finished testing this, and setting up TCP port 139 so that it is
passed in/out of the Firewall, allows VisionFS to work over a WAN/Internet.
 Won't show us in Network Neighborhood, but doing a Start / Run
//machinename   (and having the machine name listed in the
\Windows\lmhosts  file)
and voila  VisionFS shows up.  Make sure the user/machine name is defined
in the VisionFS users, and also that WIN98 is setup for PlainTextPasswords
or else you will get the infamous  "password incorrect" even though it is a
correct password.
Go to www.caldera.com/ta  and look up  Windows 98   and you will see the article



Pretty slick actually.  
I setup our firewalls on both sides to filter and only allow certain IP's
on port 139, thus giving an extra level of security.














Bob Willey -   http://www.ccs.com/happyherbal.html




At 08:36 PM 12/25/1999 +0000, Aldert van der Laan wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:09:59 +0000, Matt Schofield
><mattsc@sco.deletethisbit.com> wrote:
>
>
>>> 
>>> I am running VisionFS 3 locally, but have not opened any ports to the Wan
>>> yet.
>>> There is no full time systems admin, my customer has outsourced this to the
>>> company I work for.
>>> 
>>
>>It's certainly possible. The issues you should be aware of:
>>
>>1. The satellite office PC's will need some way of resolving the
>>server's name to an IP Address e.g. WINS, lmhosts files. VisionFS won't
>>appear in their Network Neighbourhood. You should set up shortcuts or
>>mapped drives on the user's PC's.
>>
>
>I setup an Lmhosts file as well as a hosts file.
>I am unable to connect to the main office, although I have enabled the
>Netbios port 139 and read over the "manual" a thousand times.
>
>I almost seems that the service is not bound to the dialup connection.
>Could it be that the ISP is filtering out these connections?
>As stated the people can telnet in and I even tried rlogin (which I
>enabled before and disabled after the test).
>
>I am using PPP from Morningstar on the server, could that cause a
>problem maybe?
>
>I can't seem to find any leads on the TA site of SCO.
>
>It simply states it is possible.
>
>Ah... well better get some Christmas dinner.....
>
>Happy holidays,
>
>Aldert
>
>
>>2. You should set VisionFS up to filter connections to only allow access
>>from designated ranges of IP Addresses. See p88 of the VisionFS manual
>>on the CD or from http://www.caldera.com/vision/eval/manuals.html. You
>>should also set the firewall to filter connections.
>>
>>3. You should only need to open port 139 on the WAN as 137 and 138 also
>>used by VisionFS are for UDP packets and hence unneccessary over the
>>WAN.
>>
>>4. You should set up VisionFS to use encrypted passwords (default)
>>otherwise clients may send UNIX passwords in plain text (as does telnet
>>and FTP). See p84-86 of the manual. 
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Matt Schofield



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